Haciendo historia

Aunque hay muchos documentos históricos, anecdóticos o científicos, hasta ahora no hay ninguno que recopile de manera cronológica y más o menos exhaustiva la historia de la colonización del Vaupés, selva que forma parte de la amazonia colombiana. Este libro es una crónica y una historia panorámica y sintética, útil para los que estudian las ciencias sociales, para los actuales habitantes del departamento del Vaupés y, en particular, para los indígenas de la zona de los ríos Yapú y Papurí.

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Throughout the decades following the death of Mariano Jose de Larra, scholars have been intrigued by the impact that both the man and his writings have had on generation after generation of Spanish and Latin American writers. This study looks at the genesis of Larra's genius by carefully tabulating and identifying his sources in literature and history. This important resource book will help Larra scholars understand more completely the intricate and complex system of images, allusions and references "Figaro" used to compose his more than 250 newspaper articles. More importantly, the work...

En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial y en la Francia de Vichy, Marc Bloch elaboró desde la clandestinidad una de las más apasionadas, hermosas y sofisticadas defensas del trabajo del historiador y del valor de la historia, convertida ya en un clásico. Pero lejos de ser un elogio acrítico, es también una denuncia del peso de la herencia que había dado forma a la historia hasta el momento, como la del positivismo y sus excesos cienticifistas, o de la ciega resistencia a incluir otras disciplinas —tales como la economía, la psicología, la sociología o la lingüística— en sus...