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Publicado por primera vez en Londres en 1848 como programa de la clandestina Liga de los Comunistas, primera organizaci n comunista internacional, el Manifiesto Comunista se convirti , en escasos meses, en bandera te rica del movimiento proletario. Siglo y medio despu s el que fuera, en opini n de Le n Trosky, "el panfleto m s genial que cualquier otro de la literatura mundial", se ha convertido en un cl sico de las ciencias sociales y las humanidades y en lectura ineludible Para entender la historia social y pol tica del siglo XX. el autor ofrece aqu el contexto cultural en que se gestaron...

Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1584) was a foot soldier in the army of Mexico's conqueror Hernán Cortés. The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly after the author's death. Written in a highly accessible style, and describing the experiences of the troops themselves rather than seeing events from an officer's perspective, the work became even more successful than the official accounts and went through many editions and translations. The...

Excerpt from Avisos de Jerónimo de Barrionuevo (1654-1658) Y Apéndice Anónimo (1660-1664), Vol. 4: Precede una Noticia de la Vida y Escritos del Autor Suman todos hombres. Es cosa cierta lo que aquí digo, sin faltar un ápice de la que le vino al Rey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections...

This historical work offers an alternative interpretation for how Colombia lost Panama in 1903. It argues that the concession of Panama was first initiated in 1788, when Thomas Jefferson decided that the construction of a canal through the isthmus of Panama was imperative in accordance with the principles of the manifest destiny. Information about the the first designs for the construction of the canal is included. Esta obra historica plantea una interpretacion alternativa de como Colombia perdió Panama. El argumento central sostiene que la pérdida se venía cocinando desde 1788, cuando...