Sangre de baguales

Con motivo de la doble conmemoración de 1810 y 1910, Christopher Domínguez Michael entrevistó –para la revista Letras Libres y la serie de televisión La Conquista– a algunos de los más importantes entre los historiadores que, mexicanos y extranjeros, han escrito obras decisivas sobre nuestra historia: David A. Brading, Christian Duverger, John H. Elliott, Brian R. Hamnett, Friedrich Katz, Alan Knight, Enrique Krauze, Miguel León-Portilla, Rodrigo Martínez Baracs, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, Jean Meyer, Guilhem Olivier, Hugh Thomas, Guillermo Tovar de Teresa y Eric Van Young.

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Este libro se propone navegar en el inmenso océano de interpretaciones, anécdotas e imágenes románticas acerca de los piratas y su tiempo para arribar a las posibles causas del fenómeno del robo marítimo en el sistema mercantilista que tuvo su última expresión en el Caribe colonial. La piratería estatal y privada fue la estrategia de sus enemigos para debilitar al imperio español y sería la parte más visible del despojo violento que llevó a la configuración de un mercado totalizador, y de una moderna economía mundial que pronto se convertiría en un capitalismo industrial...