La Mesopotamia arcaica

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Las pequeñas Atlántidas, primera gran obra de Alberto Gil Novales, publicada en 1959, supone una importante contribución a la historia de la cultura española y a la famosa y secular cuestión de la decadencia y la regeneración de España. Frente a quienes veían agostado el impulso creador de nuestro país al finalizar el siglo xvii, él señaló la continuación o el renacimiento de una cultura viva en el xviii y el xix. Huyendo de tópicos y temas ya estudiados, eligió una serie de figuras muy poco conocidas: José Nicolás y Félix de Azara, Mor de Fuentes, Cabarrús, Flórez...

A polemic work due to its hefty critic to public figures and to those who see the electoral reformations -which this book demystifies-, as a historical achievement. The transition to democracy requires not only the dismantlement of the old regime, but also the design of the new normative and institutional arrangement that preserves the plural and multiple spirit of the nation. The task is immense, but our generation cannot avoid it: citizens must not stay apart. The mixture of fill and hope has to be translated into critic, proposal, and active participation. The essays that I have gathered...