El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad)

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

Introduce students to immigration in America in the 1800s, and how it affected the United States. With this Spanish-translated book, readers will discover topics such as Ellis Island, Angel Island, and assimilation. Primary source images, fascinating facts, a glossary, and other features keep students engaged and help them better understand the social studies content.

Con la llegada de una nueva clase dirigente, a comienzos de la década de los 80, se inicia un nuevo canon literario hoy hegemónico donde, por influencia de la filosofía neoliberal mercantilista, se construye un nuevo sujeto textual caracterizado por reivindicar su componente individualista.Este libro intenta dirimir, en ese espacio histórico, algunas de las cuestiones fundamentales de la autobiografía literaria como son la construcción del sujeto tras la modernidad, los modos de su autorrepresentación textual, la fijación de la identidad, así como el uso de un realismo con intención ...

Looks at the accomplishments and important players from the history of the Brazil National Soccer Team.

Presents aerial photographs of various scenes from around the world including fishermen in Morocco, a farm on the island of Crete, and a mangrove forest in New Caledonia.