El crimen occidental / Western Crime

Desde la primera Constitución de Venezuela, en 1811, hasta la carta magna que ha estado vigente desde 1999, el camino que ha debido sortear la democracia en el país ha sido tortuoso, lleno de avances y retrocesos que la alejan de su plena consolidación. Este libro, pródigo en constataciones históricas, pone de relieve dos aspectos cruciales: el debate constante entre el federalismo que auspiciaron los redactores del texto fundacional de la república y el centralismo que propugnó Bolívar, por un lado, y, por el otro, la pugnacidad del mundo castrense en pos del poder, siempre en...

En este libro se ofrece un equilibrado balance de los principales aspectos económicos y sociales de las culturas sumerias y babilonia. Los diferentes apartados del mismo van acompañados por una selección de textos originales traducidos y de ilustraciones gráficas que lo hacen especialmente atractivo.

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Given P. Naster's numismatic, art historical, and archaeological background, and his expertise in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern subjects, the presentations to his 'Festschrift' cover a broad thematic and temporal span. The papers of volume II may be divided into the following general categories: philology (including general, Greek/Latin, Egyptian, South Arabian, Hebrew, Persian), Assyriology, Art History, Egyptology, and Anthropology, History, Hittite/Anatolian studies, Persian religion, and historical geography. Obviously, some studies will cover more than one definitive area.