Conquistadores e indios. La historia no contada - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Conquistadores e indios. La historia no contada write by Carl Henrik Langebaek. This book was released on 2023-04-01. Conquistadores e indios. La historia no contada available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sobre la conquista de América se ha escrito mucho y, a primera vista, es un tema conocido del que ya sabemos lo necesario: los conquistadores europeos, motivados por la ambición desmedida y gracias a las armas y al arte del engaño, dominaron con facilidad a los indios del Nuevo Mundo, víctimas pasivas y apenas capaces de comprender la situación. Se ha impuesto la idea de que la conquista solo se puede entender desde identidades culturales absolutas -los europeos, los indios, los negros-, sin tener en cuenta la gran diversidad que cada una de estas categorías encierra. O que las sociedades indígenas se "contaminaron" por el contacto con los conquistadores, como si fueran homogéneas, incapaces de cambiar y carentes de historia. Sin embargo, la conquista es mucho más compleja y rica de lo que nos han contado. ¿Cómo se organizaba una hueste conquistadora? ¿Es cierto que algunos indígenas participaron en las expediciones del lado de los europeos? ¿Cuál fue el papel de las mujeres? ¿Se hubiera podido conquistar América sin esclavos negros? ¿Lo único que buscaban los europeos era oro? Este libro responde a estas y muchas otras cuestiones, desmonta los mitos creados en torno a la conquista y ofrece una visión que permite a los lectores comprender cómo se dio este proceso, especialmente en el trópico, y reflexionar sobre un acontecimiento que merece una visión renovada.
Planting a City in the Tropical Andes
Planting a City in the Tropical Andes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Planting a City in the Tropical Andes write by Diego Molina. This book was released on 2024-09-18. Planting a City in the Tropical Andes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book reveals how the 19th Century modernisation of Bogotá led to a transformation in the social role of plants – showing how this city located in the high altitudes of the tropical Andes turned into a ‘floristic island’ formed by native, introduce, wild and cultivated plants. Urbanisation is one of the main forces behind biodiversity loss. Paradoxically, the expansion of cities has made urban environment spaces with a greater numbers of plant species compared to their surrounding areas. Planting a City in the Tropical Andes takes a multidisciplinary approach to shed light on the cultural and ecological mechanisms that have transformed modern cities into what can be described as ‘floristic islands’. By drawing upon a wide array of historical sources, this book explains how the 19th-century modernization of Bogotá (Colombia), led to the replacement of traditional botanical practices with technical knowledge, which in turn endowed the city with a unique floristic inventory. Through a unique botanical perspective on Latin American urban history, this book uncovers how capitalist dynamics in Bogotá transformed plants into providers of clean air and water and their use in the urban landscape contributed to the cultivation of disciplined citizenry. Placing plants at the forefront of its narrative, the book offers an original contribution to the underexplored history of horticulture in tropical Latin America. It serves as a compelling example of how the creative and conflicting forces of the Anthropocene have forged new environments and previously unseen relationships between people and plants. This volume will be of great use to scholars and students interested in social history, urban environmental histories and cultural history.
Education in the United States
Education in the United States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Education in the United States write by Leo J. Eiden. This book was released on 1981. Education in the United States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Esencia Latina
Esencia Latina - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Esencia Latina write by . This book was released on 1991. Esencia Latina available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Ines of My Soul
Ines of My Soul - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ines of My Soul write by Isabel Allende. This book was released on 2020-06-30. Ines of My Soul available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A passionate tale of love, freedom, and conquest from the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. Born into a poor family in Spain, Inés Suárez, finds herself condemned to a life of poverty without opportunity as a lowly seamstress. But it's the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Struck by the same restless hope and opportunism, Inés uses her shiftless husband's disappearance to Peru as an excuse to embark on her own adventure. After learning of her husband's death in battle, she meets the fiery war hero, Pedro de Valdivia and begins a love that not only changes her life but the course of history. Based on the real historical events that founded Chile, Allende takes us on a whirlwind adventure of love and loss seen through the eyes of a daring, complicated woman who fought for freedom.
