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La autora asume el desafío de ofrecer una nueva lectura de la vida y vicisitudes de Francisco de Miranda, desde el momento en que abandona Venezuela, con apenas 20 años, hasta el triste desenlace que representó para su vida el fin de la Primera República, su entrega a las autoridades españolas, la prisión y su posterior fallecimiento en La Carraca. El libro comienza con el acontecimiento del cual deriva su título: un incómodo y escandaloso incidente promovido por los criollos principales de la capital contra su padre, Sebastián Miranda, tenido como individuo de inferior condición y...

During the Spanish civil war, activities of resistance occurred more or less from both groups, on the Republican side as well as among the insurgent groups. On some occasions, they merely performed tasks of information and propaganda, while on others, they exercised indiscriminate sabotage.--Publisher's description

"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

Presents a history of Classical antiquity and features illustrations, maps, diagrams, and statistical tables.