La utopía del regreso

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Remontándose a los tiempos fundacionales de la nación, la autora se propone establecer las líneas de continuidad que vinculan el pasado independentista con la así llamada revolución del siglo XXI. A la luz de los mitos políticos que iluminan la noción de la venezolanidad, sin prejuicios ni valoraciones anticipadas, este libro se adentra en la identidad nacional y desenmascara las pasiones con las que se la ha construido. Señalada como una obra esencial para la comprensión de nuestra contemporaneidad, el jurado del Premio de Ensayo Debate-Casa de América 2009 "reconoció el valor y...

Gordon Wood recrea los orígenes de la revolución norteamericana, basados en un firme sentido de la independencia y del valor del propio trabajo, y compone un magnífico relato del alzamiento de armas y conciencias que dio luz a la república americana. La revolución norteamericana es parte de la colección Breve Historia Universal, que ofrece una nueva visión de la historia de la humanidad. Gordon Wood, un notable especialista en la historia de Estados Unidos, conduce a los lectores a través de las páginas de este libro con un lenguaje ameno y accesible. Cuando Abraham Lincoln intentó...

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