La construcción del conocimiento en la época ilustrada

la mirada científica de Thaddaeus Haenke

Este libro se publica con motivo de la exposición homónima cuyo propósito es difundir la obra de Thaddaeus Haenke (Chribská, 1761-Cochabamba, 1816), un naturalista originario de Bohemia que formó parte de la expedición Malaspina-Bustamante a finales del siglo XVIII y permaneció en la América hispana ...

Grey wars

a contemporary history of U.S. special operations

This original and accessible book is a comprehensive, authoritative analysis of U.S. Special Operations. U.S. Special Operations Command trains and equips units to undertake select military activities, frequently high-risk missions, often for the purposes of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. Since 9/11, impelled by ...

From masters of slaves to lords of lands

the transformation of ownership in the Western world

Today we think of land as the paradigmatic example of property, while in the past, the paradigmatic example was often a slave. In this seminal work, James Q. Whitman asserts that there is no natural form of ownership. Whitman dives deep into the long Western ...

Estampas neoyorquinas y otras postales desvaídas

Este libro reúne una serie de columnas heterogéneas, churras y merinas, que se corresponden con los destinos diplomáticos que ha tenido su autor en el exterior. Su epicentro es Nueva York, en los años 2013 y 2014. La infancia y juventud se resumen en destellos ...

París

Ahí, con el todo París, se conversa, se canta, se ríe, se realizan paseos en automóvil, se come, se lee, cada cual hace a su modo y sin afectación de imitarlos, lo que hacía la gente de antaño, se vive. Y en esa continuación inconsciente ...

Modern Rwanda

a political history

Rwanda has been the subject of much research following the genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group in 1994. Moving beyond recent histories which examine Rwanda's past predominantly through the lens of this tragic event, Filip Reyntjens utilises a longue durée framework to provide new ...

The idea of the city in late antiquity

a study in resilience

The city was one of the central and defining features of the world of the Greek and Roman Mediterranean. Challenging the idea that the ancient city 'declined and fell', Andrew Wallace-Hadrill argues that memories of the past enabled cities to adapt and remain relevant in ...

Le sexe incertain

Androginia y hermafroditismo en la antigüedad grecorromana

En la antigüedad, la bisexualidad está relacionada con la posesión simultánea o sucesiva de dos sexos por parte de un mismo individuo. Luc Brisson estudia en Le sexe incertain la cuestión de la bisexualidad en el mundo grecorromano, en el terreno del mito y desde ...

Why the ancient Greeks matter

the problematic miracle that was Greece

The ancient Greeks were exceptional and they were consequential. This innovative, engrossingly written book addresses head-on the problematic question of the Greek Miracle. It will appeal to anyone interested in the ancient world and its modern meaning. Reviel Netz boldly argues that the traditional understanding ...

Anábasis

La Anábasis de Jenofonte narra la marcha de diez mil soldados griegos a través de la zona oeste del Imperio persa, soldados que habían sido contratados como mercenarios por Ciro el Joven para enfrentarse a su hermano Artajerjes II con el objetivo de alcanzar el ...

The remarkable life, death, and afterlife of an ordinary Roman

a social history

When we think of Romans, Julius Caesar or Constantine might spring to mind. But what was life like for everyday folk, those who gazed up at the palace rather than looking out from within its walls? In this book, Jeremy Hartnett offers a detailed view ...

The ruins of Rome

a cultural history

The beguiling ruins of Rome have a long history of allure. They first engaged the attention of later mediaeval tourists, just as they do today. The interest of travellers was captured in the Renaissance by artists, architects, topographers, antiquarians, archaeologists and writers. Once the ruins ...

Tiberius and his age

myth, sex, luxury, and power

A radical new portrait of the infamous Roman emperor Rome's second emperor, Tiberius (42 BCE-CE 37), has traditionally been seen as a villainous hypocrite-treacherous, grasping, vindictive, and depraved. But in Tiberius and His Age, Edward Champlin draws on vast and diverse evidence to show ...

Unfortunately, she was a nymphomaniac

a new history of Rome's imperial women

A superb and illuminating history of Imperial Rome's most important women - dispelling the myths and misogyny that have distorted their reputations for over 2000 years. Writer, activist and journalist Joan Smith has worked for years to raise awareness of violence against women and girls ...

Marco Aurelio

LA BIOGRAFÍA DEFINITIVA DEL EMPERADOR FILÓSOFO Se considera a Marco Aurelio (121-180 d. C.) uno de los mejores y más populares emperadores que tuvo Roma. La fascinación por su figura, una de las más documentadas de la Antigüedad, va mucho más allá de su sabiduría ...

The magic books

a history of enchantment in 20 extraordinary manuscripts

A fascinating and highly original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire to Renaissance Italy and Tudor England, great rulers, religious figures, and scholars sought to harness supernatural power. They tried to ...

Architecture and affect in the Middle Ages

How did people living in the Middle Ages respond to spectacular buildings, such as the Gothic cathedrals? While contemporary scholarship places a large emphasis on the emotional content of Western medieval figurative art, the emotion of architecture has largely gone undiscussed. In a radical new ...

Empire of labor

how the East India Company colonized hired work

Empire of Labor tells the story of how hired workers experienced and responded to the rise to power over the long eighteenth century of the English East India Company (EIC), which perennially hired thousands of people in and around its settlements in Bengal. Focusing on ...

Nationalism

a world history

A global perspective on the nature and evolution of nationalism, from the early modern era to the present The current rise of nationalism across the globe is a reminder that we are not, after all, living in a borderless world of virtual connectivity. In Nationalism ...

Citizen Marx

Republicanism and the formation of Karl Marx's social and political thought

The first book to offer a comprehensive exploration of Marx's relationship to republicanism, arguing that it is essential to understanding his thought In Citizen Marx, Bruno Leipold argues that, contrary to certain interpretive commonplaces, Karl Marx's thinking was deeply informed by republicanism. Marx ...