El Dios cautivo

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México,Vida social y costumbres, Historia, Siglo XVI, Siglo XVII, Siglo XVIII, Siglo XIX, 1535-1821, Educación, Civilización

Los comienzos del siglo XVIII español estuvieron marcados por un duro conflicto, la Guerra de Sucesión, cuyo desenlace significó la aparición de un nuevo estado, al hilo del carácter de guerra civil que la lucha adquirió ante la opción borbónica de Castilla y austríaca de Aragón. A la autonomía que caracterizó la monarquía de los Austrias le sucedió un estado fuertemente centralizado. Como contienda internacional supuso la liquidación del Imperio español en Europa y el asentamiento de Inglaterra como gran potencia.

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...