Toward a Contemporary City

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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...

Influencias es una novela sobre la muerte de Fidel Castro, desde el momento en que anuncia su retiro como Presidente de Cuba, las acontecimientos propios de su enfermedad y los hechos políticos que se sucedieron, al tiempo que se narra la influencia que tuvo la llegada al poder del comunismo en la isla de Cuba, a comienzos de la década de los sesenta sobre el pueblo de Andes, en el departamento de Antioquia, Colombia. Es una mirada crítica y sociológica sobre cómo se sintió la Guerra Fría en un pueblo de las montañas antioqueñas, el enfrentamiento Kennedy-Castro en la escuela del...

"Miserias del poder" pretende contribuir a que el debate público sobre el franquismo incluya en su agenda no sólo el importantísimo problema de la represión sino también el del funcionamiento, e intereses, del poder o las actitudes políticas de sus apoyos sociales. Entender críticamente, y en toda su amplitud, la dictadura nos permitirá valorar su lugar en nuestra historia contemporánea y comprender las razones de su «olvido».