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Historia secreta de Chile 3
by Jorge BaraditEl lado B de la historia de Chile tiene tercera parte, con narraciones aún más sorpresivas y descubrimientos increíbles ¿En la Isla de Pascua hubo una revolución dirigida por una vidente? ¿Es verdad que esclavos africanos pelearon en la Independencia de Chile? ¿Hubo un exorcismo público en Santiago? ¿Cuáles son los misterios que esconde la Antártica? ¿Cuáles son los secretos oscuros detrás de la vida y terrible muerte de José Miguel Carrera? ¿Qué nos han ocultado de nuestro Premio Nobel, Gabriela Mistral? Jorge Baradit, en la tercera parte de Historia secreta de Chile (el fenómeno editorial más importante que ha tenido nuestro país en décadas), nos relata la vida de héroes postergados, pueblos originarios saqueados, minorías reducidas por el poder predominante, para así sacar a la luz una verdad incómoda, que muchos quisieran seguir pasando de alto. La historia de Chile no es de las instituciones, del Estado o de un sector específico, sino nuestra, y necesitamos descubrirla para entender nuestra propia identidad.
Historia secreta del Camino de Santiago (Historia Incógnita)
by Tomé Martínez RodríguezMucho se ha escrito sobre el génesis del Camino de Santiago; también conocido con el apropiado nombre de Ruta de las estrellas, pues su sinuoso trazado parece corresponderse con ese otro camino celeste que nos cubre con su manto de estrellas cada noche y que es conocido como la Vía Láctea.
Historia universal de la histeria: Relatos de amor, pasión y erotismo
by Malele PenchanskyDesde la histérica paradigmática Anna O. hasta la observación de rasgoshistéricos en personajes de nuestros días, Malele Penchansky logra unfresco audaz y provocativo sobre un síntoma que, sostiene, no esprivativo de las mujeres ni tan malo como nos hicieron creer. Después detodo, de la histeria se nutre el juego amoroso. La histeria femenina fue diagnosticada por la medicina occidentalantigua como una enfermedad que provenía de perturbaciones del útero ycuyo tratamiento era conocido como "masaje pélvico", que consistía en laestimulación de la zona de los genitales hasta llegar al orgasmo. Elmismo Freud se interesó especialmente por la histeria y más cerca denuestro tiempo la psicoanalista francesa Diane Chauvelot la caracterizócomo un síntoma social. El origen de la histeria fue cambiando y losigue haciendo.«Historia universal de la histeria» recrea algunas historias atravesadaspor este síntoma: la mirada de la Medusa, la palabra que enamora enSócrates y Alcibíades, el travestismo y la ambigüedad en Juana de Arco,o la seducción masculina del Don Juan.
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España: Noticias Biogr�ficas. Verdadera Historia De Los Sucesos De La Conquista De La Nueva-espa�a, Por Bernal D�az Del Castillo. Verdadera Relacion De La Conquista Del Per� Y Provincia Del Cuzco, Por Francisco De Jere...
by Bernal Díaz del CastilloEl descubrimiento y conquista de América fueron acontecimientos cruciales de incalculables consecuencias, aun hoy en vías de resolución. La Historia de la conquista de Nueva España es una crónica portentosa y minuciosa de un testigo directo de aquella empresa descomunal. El brío excepcional del relato, el vigor de la prosa y su infatigable capacidad para evocar hombres, acciones y escenarios le conceden, sin lugar a dudas, un sitio de privilegio en la literatura española. El libro contiene tres grandes bloques temáticos: el descubrimiento de Yucatán por las expediciones de Francisco Hernández de Córdoba y Juan de Grijalva (1517-18); la epopeya propiamente dicha bajo los estandartes de Hernán Cortes (1519-21); y el viaje a Honduras, complementado con una extensa miscelánea de noticias sobre la Nueva España. Cada página es un dechado de prodigiosa intensidad, producto del talento narrativo de Bernal Diaz, de la energía de su estilo y del terrible verismo con que narrala aventura. Nada queda fuera de su crónica en esta edición concentrada en sus mejores capítulos, que se incluyen por entero: ni las vicisitudes y sucesos militares, ni la caracterización de los personajes más relevantes (Cortes, Moctezuma, etc.), ni los sentimientos y experiencias personales de un soldado empeñado en dar exacta y precisa cuenta de los avatares vividos en esa tierra desconocida. Pero quizás la grandeza de esta obra radique en el aliento épico que la anima. A diferencia de otros cronistas, a los que se enfrenta y critica, Bernal Diaz presenta la conquista de México como una empresa común, como la gesta de un colectivo de hombres cuyos aciertos y errores corresponden al pueblo español.
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España: Verdadera Historia De Los Sucesos De La Conquista De La Nueva Espa�a, Por El Capit�n Bernal D�az Del Castillo, Uno De Sus Conquistadores
by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo Francisco RicoEl descubrimiento y conquista de América fueron acontecimientos cruciales de incalculables consecuencias, aun hoy en vías de resolución. La Historia de la conquista de Nueva España es una crónica portentosa y minuciosa de un testigo directo de aquella empresa descomunal. El brío excepcional del relato, el vigor de la prosa y su infatigable capacidad para evocar hombres, acciones y escenarios le conceden, sin lugar a dudas, un sitio de privilegio en la literatura española. El libro contiene tres grandes bloques temáticos: el descubrimiento de Yucatán por las expediciones de Francisco Hernández de Córdoba y Juan de Grijalva (1517-18); la epopeya propiamente dicha bajo los estandartes de Hernán Cortes (1519-21); y el viaje a Honduras, complementado con una extensa miscelánea de noticias sobre la Nueva España. Cada página es un dechado de prodigiosa intensidad, producto del talento narrativo de Bernal Diaz, de la energía de su estilo y del terrible verismo con que narra la aventura. Nada queda fuera de su crónica en esta edición concentrada en sus mejores capítulos, que se incluyen por entero: ni las vicisitudes y sucesos militares, ni la caracterización de los personajes más relevantes (Cortes, Moctezuma, etc.), ni los sentimientos y experiencias personales de un soldado empeñado en dar exacta y precisa cuenta de los avatares vividos en esa tierra desconocida. Pero quizás la grandeza de esta obra radique en el aliento épico que la anima. A diferencia de otros cronistas, a los que se enfrenta y critica, Bernal Diaz presenta la conquista de México como una empresa común, como la gesta de un colectivo de hombres cuyos aciertos y errores corresponden al pueblo español.
Historia virtual de España (1870-2004): ¿Qué hubiera pasado si...?
by Nigel TownsonHistoriadores de la talla de José Álvarez Junco, Santos Juliá, Javier Tusell, Nigel Townson, Charles Powell, Pablo Martín Aceña, Juan Pan-Montojo y Fernando del Rey nos describen en Historia virtual de España (1807-2004) una posible Historia de España que no ocurrió, pero que podría haber ocurrido. ¿Qué hubiera pasado si España hubiera llegado a un acuerdo con Estados Unidos antes de la guerra de 1898? ¿Y si Alfonso XIII se hubiera opuesto al intento de golpe de Estado del general Primo de Rivera? ¿Y si Indalecio Prieto se hubiese convertido en presidente del Gobierno en mayo de 1936? ¿Habría estayado la Guerra Civil? ¿Y si España hubiese entrado a la Segunda Guerra Mundial o ETA no hubiese matado a Carrero Blanco? ¿Habría tenido lugar la transición? O, más recientemente, ¿qué hubiera pasado si el gobierno del Partido Popular no hubiera apoyado la guerra de Irak? Este libro ofrece por primera vezla historia contrafáctica de los momentos más impredecibles, inciertos e inquietantes de la Historia contemporánea de España. Con ello, se recupera el pasado como algo vivo, abierto y no predeterminado, a través de una de las formas más estimulantes de reivindicar y revivir la historia.
Historia íntima de los derechos humanos en la Argentina
by Graciela Fernández Meijide"Una lectura indispensable para quien quiere conocer, de primera mano,los antecedentes de nuestra dolorosa historia y cómo se la enfrentó enlos inicios de la democracia." Ricardo Gil Laavedra Quizás una de las circunstancias más atroces por las que pueda transitarel ser humano es ver desaparecer a un hijo tras una puerta que se cierrapara siempre. Resulta casi imposible pensar que esa imagen abandone laretina y el alma de quien presenció una partida de tales característicashacia el horror y el silencio.Graciela Fernández Meijide explica que, gracias a este libro, ha podidodespedirse finalmente de su hijo Pablo, arrancado de su casa por unapatota fuertemente armada en 1976 cuando acababa de cumplir 17 años.Empieza también aquí para ella un largo peregrinar por los organismos deDerechos Humanos cuyo devenir relata minuciosamente. Este libro es unacrónica apasionante de lo que significaron y significan estos Organismosen la vida nacional. El paso de Graciela por la Comisión Nacional por laDesaparición de Personas (Conadep), presidida por Ernesto Sabato,culmina con el Juicio a las Juntas de Comandantes de la dictadura queensombreció la historia argentina desde 1976 hasta 1983. Este relato,sobrio y jurídicamente documentado, no puede faltar entre los libros quesiguen marcando para todas las generaciones los hechos que aquí soncontados por una de sus protagonistas.Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazú
Historian in Chief: How Presidents Interpret the Past to Shape the Future
by Rick Perlstein John Milton Cooper Jr. Kathleen Dalton James T. Kloppenberg Jeffrey L. Pasley David Waldstreicher David Sehat Jonathan Earle Edward Countryman Charlie Laderman Elvin T. LimPresidents shape not only the course of history but also how Americans remember and retell that history. From the Oval Office they instruct us what to respect and what to reject in our past. They regale us with stories about who we are as a people, and tell us whom in the pantheon of greats we should revere and whom we should revile. The president of the United States, in short, is not just the nation’s chief legislator, the head of a political party, or the commander in chief of the armed forces, but also, crucially, the nation’s historian in chief.In this engaging and insightful volume, Seth Cotlar and Richard Ellis bring together top historians and political scientists to explore how eleven American presidents deployed their power to shape the nation’s collective memory and its political future. Contending that the nation’s historians in chief should be evaluated not only on the basis of how effective they are in persuading others, Historian in Chief argues they should also be judged on the veracity of the history they tell.
Historian's Conscience: Australian historians on the ethics of history
by Stuart MacintyreEminent contributors include Alan Atkinson, Graeme Davison, Greg Dening, John Hirst, Beverley Kingston, Marilyn Lake, and Iain McCalman. They not only ask but answer the hard questions about writing and researching history. How do historians choose their histories? What sort of emotional investment do they make in their subjects, and how do they control their sympathies? How do they deal with unpalatable discoveries? To whom are historians responsible? And for whom are they entitled to speak? Intellectually provocative, often personally revealing, always engaged, The Historian's Conscience is a 'must read'.
Historian's Life: Max Crawford and the Politics of Academic Freedom
by Fay AndersonMax Crawford was one of Australia's pre-eminent historians. As both a participant in and observer of many decisive episodes of the era; Europe in the midst of the Depression, America and Russia at the height of World War II, post-war reconstruction and the Cold War in Australia, Crawford was regarded as a radical; and outspoken defender of intellectual autonomy. This biography considers Crawford as an historian and a public intellectual. It relates his experiences as a student at Sydney and Oxford, a struggling teacher during the Depression, as the head of the History School at the University of Melbourne, a diplomat in wartime Russia, and a Cold War victim and accuser. The study of Crawford's life provides insight into one man's experience in the midst of political turmoil and the limits of intellectual autonomy on Australian campuses, as well as the suspicion of liberal intellectuals in Australian public life, the repression of academic radicals and ASIO's attempts to stifle dissident voices. Spanning his life (1906 -1991), Crawford's political and intellectual journey suggests the changing nature of Australian progressive liberalism and the precarious state of academic freedom.
Historian: An Autobiography (Reconsiderations in Southern African History)
by Hermann GiliomeeIn this eloquent memoir, already widely read and praised in the author’s native South Africa, Hermann Giliomee weaves together the story of his own life with that of his country--a nation that continues to absorb and inspire him, both despite and because of its tortuous history. An internationally respected historian--his landmark The Afrikaners, writes J. M. Coetzee, "includes an account of the origins and demise of apartheid that must rank as the most sober, objective and comprehensive we have"-- Giliomee has devoted a lifetime to exploring the origins and perpetuation of the deep divisions in South African society. Although he grew up in the heart of the Afrikaner nationalist movement, he soon began to cut his own path in examining the rise and entrenchment of exclusive Afrikaner power and became one of the National Party’s chief critics. As an "outside insider"--or, to his critics, a "snake in the grass"--Giliomee has an understanding of Afrikaner power that is informed and nuanced. He has engaged with members on all sides of South Africa’s debates--many of whom appear in these pages through vivid and insightful portraits--and his outspokenness has hit nerves across the political spectrum. The personal journey of this original and courageous thinker will appeal to anyone interested in the complexities of South Africa’s past and present.Reconsiderations in Southern African History
Historians Debate the Rise of the West
by Jonathan DalyHow and why did Europe rise to world pre-eminence? Providing an overview of this central historical conundrum of modern times, Historians Debate the Rise of the West enables students to grasp major scholars’ evaluations of the biggest picture of all: how Western civilization fits into modern world history. Most historians who write in this area subscribe to a combination of interpretations set forward by scholars of the field, like David Landes, Jared Diamond or Kenneth Pomeranz. But it is often difficult to understand the position they are coming from, and for readers to understand clearly how Europe made the transition from merely one of many developing civilizations to the world’s first industrial power. In this volume, Jonathan Daly introduces us to the main interpretations of Europe’s rise that have been proposed over the past half-century and presents the views of these historians and schools of scholarship, advocating for each point of view and letting each author speak for him or herself through the inclusion of brief textual selections. Also included are interesting biographical details for each scholar, as well as a list of further reading for each chapter and a collection of maps. An ideal introduction for students of world history.
Historians Without Borders: New Studies in Multidisciplinary History (Routledge Approaches to History)
by Lawrence Abrams Kaleb KnoblauchThis text explores a variety of themes developed from successive years of the University of California, Davis, multidisciplinary graduate conference. It draws out connections on a wide array of topics among the arts, humanities, and sciences in history for multidisciplinary study. This text presents a rare forum for multidisciplinary connections researched and presented by junior specialists in their respective fields. It enables both creativity and flexibility in drawing out connections that are frequently overlooked by more specialized senior scholars. This book is a unique exercise in the promotion of junior scholarly achievement and multidisciplinary research.
Historians across Borders
by Nicolas Barreyre Michael Heale Cécile Vidal Stephen TuckIn this stimulating and highly original study of the writing of American history, twenty-four scholars from eleven European countries explore the impact of writing history from abroad. Six distinguished scholars from around the world add their commentaries. Arguing that historical writing is conditioned, crucially, by the place from which it is written, this volume identifies the formative impact of a wide variety of institutional and cultural factors that are commonly overlooked. Examining how American history is written from Europe, the contributors shed light on how history is written in the United States, and, indeed, on the way history is written anywhere. The innovative perspectives included in Historians across Borders are designed to reinvigorate American historiography as the rise of global and transnational history is creating a critical need to understand the impact of place on the writing and teaching of history. This book is designed for students in historiography, global and transnational history, and related courses in the United States and abroad, for US historians, and for anyone interested in how historians work.
Historians and Historical Societies in the Public Life of Imperial Russia
by Vera KaplanWhat was the role of historians and historical societies in the public life of imperial Russia? Focusing on the Society of Zealots of Russian Historical Education (1895–1918), Vera Kaplan analyzes the network of voluntary associations that existed in imperial Russia, showing how they interacted with state, public, and private bodies. Unlike most Russian voluntary associations of the late imperial period, the Zealots were conservative in their view of the world. Yet, like other history associations, the group conceived their educational mission broadly, engaging academic and amateur historians, supporting free public libraries, and widely disseminating the historical narrative embraced by the Society through periodicals. The Zealots were champions of voluntary association and admitted members without regard to social status, occupation, or gender. Kaplan’s study affirms the existence of a more substantial civil society in late imperial Russia and one that could endorse a modernist program without an oppositional liberal agenda.
Historians and Historiography in the Italian Renaissance
by Eric CochraneSecond edition. A comprehensive survey of historical literature produced in Italy during the Renaissance; a major contribution which discusses hundreds of authors who wrote in Latin or Italian in all parts of Italy during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Historians and the Open Society (Routledge Library Editions: Historiography #7)
by A. R. BridburyIn this volume, originally published in 1972, the author discusses the conflict between the historian’s own expressed political views and the judgements he makes on political events in history.
Historians as Expert Judicial Witnesses in Tobacco Litigation
by Ramses DelafontaineHistorian Ramses Delafontaine presents an engaging examination of a controversial legal practice: the historian as an expert judicial witness. This book focuses on tobacco litigation in the U. S. wherein 50 historians have witnessed in 314 court cases from 1986 to 2014. The author examines the use of historical arguments in court and investigates how a legal context influences historical narratives and discourse in forensic history. Delafontaine asserts that the courtroom is a performative and fact-making theatre. Nonetheless, he argues that the civic responsibility of the historian should not end at the threshold of the courtroom where history and truth hang in the balance. The book is divided into three parts featuring an impressive range of European and American case studies. The first part provides a theoretical framework on the issues which arise when history and law interact. The second part gives a comparative overview of European and American examples of forensic history. This part also reviews U. S. legal rules and case law on expert evidence, as well as extralegal challenges historians face as experts. The third part covers a series of tobacco-related trials. With remunerations as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars and no peer-reviewed publications or communication on the part of the historians hired by the tobacco companies the question arises whether some historians are willing to trade their reputation and that of their university for the benefit of an interested party. The book further provides 50 expert profiles of the historians active in tobacco litigation, lists detailing the manner of the expert's involvement, and West Law references to these cases. This book offers profound and thought-provoking insights on the post-war forensification of history from an interdisciplinary perspective. In this way, Delafontaine makes a stirring call for debate on the contemporary engagement of historians as expert judicial witnesses in U. S. tobacco litigation.
Historians in Trouble
by Jon WienerHistorians in Trouble is investigative journalist and historian Jon Wiener's "incisive and entertaining" (New Statesman, UK) account of several of the most notorious history scandals of the last few years.Focusing on a dozen key controversies ranging across the political spectrum and representing a wide array of charges, Wiener seeks to understand why some cases make the headlines and end careers, while others do not. He looks at the well publicized cases of Michael Bellesiles, the historian of gun culture accused of research fraud; accused plagiarists and "celebrity historians" Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin; Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph J. Ellis, who lied in his classroom at Mount Holyoke about having fought in Vietnam; and the allegations of misconduct by Harvard's Stephan Thernstrom and Emory's Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who nevertheless were appointed by George W. Bush to the National Council on the Humanities.As the Bancroft Prize-winning historian Linda Gordon wrote in Dissent, Wiener's "very readable book . . . reveal[s] not only scholarly misdeeds but also recent increases in threats to free debate and intellectual integrity."
Historians of Economics and Economic Thought: The Construction Of Disciplinary Memory (Routledge Studies In The History Of Economics Ser.)
by Steven G. Medema Warren J. SamuelsThe history of economic thought has always attracted some of the brightest minds in the discipline. These chroniclers of development have helped form our current views, and it is no surprise that many among them have been at the forefront of new movements in the history of ideas.This notable collection summarizes the work of these key historians of
Historians of the Jews and the Holocaust (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture)
by David EngelThe Nazi Holocaust is often said to dominate the study of modern Jewish history. Engel demonstrates that, to the contrary, historians of the Jews have often insisted that the Holocaust be sequestered from their field, assigning it instead to historians of Europe, Germany, or the Third Reich. He shows that reasons for this counterintuitive situation lie in the evolution of the Jewish historical profession since the 1920s. This one-of-a-kind study takes readers on a tour of twentieth-century scholars of the history of European Jewry, and the social and political contexts in which they worked, in order to understand why many have declined to view their subject from the vantage point of Jews' encounter with the Third Reich. Engel argues vehemently against this separation and describes ways in which a few exceptional scholars have used the Holocaust to illuminate key problems in the Jewish past.
Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
by William Hogeland Elizabeth L. Wollman Jeffrey L. Pasley Michael O'Malley Jim Cullen David Waldstreicher Catherine Allgor Renee C. Romano Andrew M. Schocket Brian Eugenio Herrera Joanne B. Freeman Claire Bond Potter Lyra D. Monteiro Leslie M. Harris Joseph M. Adelman Patricia HerreraAmerica has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how is the show itself making history?Historians on Hamilton brings together a collection of top scholars to explain the Hamilton phenomenon and explore what it might mean for our understanding of America’s history. The contributors examine what the musical got right, what it got wrong, and why it matters. Does Hamilton’s hip-hop take on the Founding Fathers misrepresent our nation’s past, or does it offer a bold positive vision for our nation’s future? Can a musical so unabashedly contemporary and deliberately anachronistic still communicate historical truths about American culture and politics? And is Hamilton as revolutionary as its creators and many commentators claim? Perfect for students, teachers, theatre fans, hip-hop heads, and history buffs alike, these short and lively essays examine why Hamilton became an Obama-era sensation and consider its continued relevance in the age of Trump. Whether you are a fan or a skeptic, you will come away from this collection with a new appreciation for the meaning and importance of the Hamilton phenomenon.
Historians on History
by John ToshBringing together in one volume the key writings of many of the major historians from the last few decades, Historians on History provides an overview of the evolving nature of historical enquiry, illuminating the political, social and personal assumptions that have governed and sustained historical theory and practice. John Tosh’s Reader begins with a substantial introductory survey charting the course of historiographical developments since the second half of the nineteenth century. He explores both the academic mainstream and more radical voices within the discipline. The text is composed of readings by historians such as Braudel, Carr, Elton, Guha, Hobsbawm, Scott and Jordanova. This third edition has been brought up to date by taking the 1960s as its starting point. It now includes more recent topics like public history, microhistory and global history, in addition to established fields like Marxist history, gender history and postcolonialism. Historians on History is essential reading for all students of historiography and historical theory.
Historians on Leadership and Strategy: Case Studies From Antiquity to Modernity
by Martin GutmannThis book examines the well-covered subject of leadership from a unique perspective: history's vast catalogue of leadership successes and failures. Through a collection of highly compelling case studies spanning two millennia, it looks beyond the classic leadership parable of men in military or political crises and shows that successful leadership cannot be reduced to simplistic formulae.Written by experts in the field and based on rigorous research, each case provides a rich and compelling account that is accessible to a wide audience, from students to managers. Rather than serving as a vehicle for advancing a particular theory of leadership, each case invites readers to reflect, debate and extract their own insights.
Historians' Autobiographies as Historiographical Inquiry: A Global Perspective (Elements in Historical Theory and Practice)
by Jaume AurellThis Element analyses the autobiographies of historians from a global perspective and looks at all eras, from antiquity to the present day. It includes twenty autobiographies: Caesar's and Lucian of Samosata's memories in antiquity; an autobiography of a medieval king such as Peter IV of Aragon; Vico's, Gibbon's and Adams' intellectual self-accounting in modernity; autobiographical revelations and social activism of twentieth century women historians such as Carolyn Steedman, Jill Conway and Gerda Lerner; classical Chinese and Islamic traditions through the autobiographies of Sima Quian and Ibn Khaldun; the perplexities inherent in the modernisation of Japan (Fukuzawa Yukichi), China (Gu Jiegang), India (Nirad Chaudhuri) and Egypt (Taha Hussein); postmodernists such as Rosenstone; and traumatic postcolonial experiences in Africa (Bethwell Ogot), Latin America (Carlos Eire) and Southeast Asia (Wang Gungwu). This Element proposes a literary and historical approach to these autobiographies, emphasising its historiographical dimension and value.