La Revolución haitiana

Cuando los primeros colonos llegaron a los Estados Unidos de América y comenzaron a buscarse la vida en aquel entorno natural, tan duro y poco familiar para gentes procedentes de Europa, jamás habrían podido soñar que, algún día, esa tierra que pisaban se convertiría en uno de los países más poderosos del mundo.

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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...

Aquest llibre no se centra només en l'oligarquia urbana granadina entre els segles XVI i XVIII, és a més una reflexió intel·ligent sobre els grups de poder en l'Espanya moderna, les seues relacions familiars i clàniques, i també el paper que hi jugaven les institucions, la concepció del poder i la responsabilitat que assumien els «bons republicans» i «pares de la pàtria», les vies d'ascens social i polític i les relacions conflictives amb el poder central, entre altres temes. L'autor explora en aquesta obra la naturalesa d'una societat basada en l'honor, els llaços entre l'home ...