Historia secreta de la conquista de América

Describes the relationship between twentieth-century Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, discussing the political, social, and cultural upheavals that impacted their relationship.

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A pesar de parecer lo mismo, la alegoría de América y la india de la libertad se diferencian en un aspecto clave: la fiera y joven indígena, usada en la cartografía moderna, se cargó con la energía de los debates políticos del siglo XVIII para convertirse en un símbolo libertario. Este libro se ocupa de estudiar dicha transformación, en la que las imágenes complementaron al discurso escrito —a la manera de argumentos visuales— para formar el ideario adecuado para un cambio de era. El autor estudia monedas, grabados, pinturas y otras producciones visuales referidas a América,...

This study presents a compelling reflection on the historian's task. Based on his extensive teaching and research experience as well as his rigorous analysis of historical scholarship, Professor Bernardo Ares's study of history sets historical knowledge against the general framework of scientific knowledge. Supported by a thorough definition of the concept of history, Historiology, Research and Didactics focuses on the basic epistemological and methodological questions involved in the study of history, and provides a unique analysis of the didactics of history. Stressing the importance of...

España en su historia. Cristianos, moros y judíos se terminó de escribir en Estados Unidos en 1946 y se publicó, por primera vez, en Argentina en 1948. Prohibido en España por la dictadura del general Franco, el autor no se decidió entonces a reeditarlo tal cual y refundirlo por completo en un libro nuevo y distinto que tituló La realidad histórica de España. Sin embargo, España en su historia, la pieza original, recuperada por Crítica en 1983, es la obra maestra de Américo Castro y la versión más afortunada y sugestiva de su formidable intuición histórica.