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This academic book explores the life and contributions of Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz, a sixteenth-century Spanish merchant, conquistador, and adelantado. As secretary to Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, Sánchez de la Hoz wrote a firsthand account of the Spanish conquest of Peru and Incan ethnography, which is presented here, and includes some of the most significant campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, which was led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and indigenous allies. This conquest paved the way for the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru and spin-off...

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El relato de la vida y milagros de Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, aka Juan Carlos I –nieto de un rey y sucesor directo de un dictador–, quien, amparado durante casi cuarenta años por una Constitución hecha a su medida, ha hecho y deshecho a su antojo. Un minucioso trabajo periodístico que deja al descubierto todo un universo de corrupción real y de podredumbre política.

En diversos momentos de la historia europea ha surgido una sorprendente variedad de combinaciones entre coercion y capital. Los imperios, las ciudades estado, los entramados de terratenientes, las ordenes religiosas e incluso las ligas de piratas han predominado en Europa en distintos momentos de los ultimos 1.000 anos. La mayoria de ellos podrian calificarse de Estados de uno u otro tipo, pero solo en fecha tardia paso el Estado nacional a ser la forma predominante. Partiendo de la critica a las respuestas tradicionales, el autor trata de explicar la gran variedad en el espacio y en el...