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Explore the fascinating clash of cultures that occurred during the Spanish conquest of America in this thought-provoking book. Todorov's original interpretation sheds light on the colonization, destruction, and deep cultural implications of the Spaniards' arrival in Mexico and the Caribbean. Drawing from sixteenth-century sources, Todorov examines the beliefs and actions of both the Spanish conquistadors and the Aztecs, revealing the devastating impact this encounter had on Mesoamerica's Indian population.
Discover the psychological and social effects that religion and piety had on early American life in this groundbreaking exploration of the three distinct Protestant groups of the 17th and 18th centuries. Using evidence from family papers of famous theologians, political figures, lawyers, and ministers, as well as lesser-known contemporaries, Philip Greven explores the attitudes towards God, children, the will, the body, sexuality, achievement, pleasure, virtue, and selfhood within the evangelical, moderate, and genteel groups. A fascinating and illuminating interpretation of the American Protestant experience.
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2022-09-02T16:48:47.000ZEn un dramático relato de violencia y espionaje, el periodista de investigación y ganador de un Premio Pulitzer Ronan Farrow expone los poderosos intereses de los depredadores sexuales, empeñados en cubrir la verdad a cualquier precio.
En 2017, una investigación rutinaria para la televisión llevó a Ronan Farrow a una historia de la que hasta entonces solo había rumores: uno de los productores más poderosos de Hollywood era un depredador sexual, protegido por miedo, dinero y por una conspiración de silencio. A medida que Farrow se iba acercando a la verdad, desde abogados hasta espías expertos en guerras montaron una campaña secreta de intimidación para amenazar su carrera profesional, siguiendo cada paso que daba, e incluso exponiendo un recuento de abusos en su propia familia.
Durante todo ese tiempo, Farrow y su productor tuvieron que guardar silencio, hasta ahora en que un rastro de pistas destapó la corrupción y los encubrimientos desde Hollywood a Washington y más allá.
Esta es la historia no contada de las extrañas tácticas de vigilancia e intimidación desarrolladas por hombres ricos, poderosos y bien relacionados para amenazar a periodistas, evadir responsabilidades y silenciar a las víctimas de abusos. Y es también la historia de mujeres que arriesgaron todo para revelar la verdad y alentar un movimiento global.
Una mezcla perfecta de thriller de espionaje y periodismo de investigación, Depredadores aporta una serie de historias demoledoras sobre el desenfrenado abuso del poder y arroja luz a las investigaciones que sacuden nuestra cultura.
Josh Marshall
2020-01-30T21:15:19.000ZRecomendado por
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New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850, 20th Anniversary Edition
This classic narrative explores early industrialization in New York and the dramatic social and intellectual changes that accompanied it. The author delves into New York City's labor strife, social movements, and political turmoil during the eras of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. The recently added preface offers new insights and reflections on the rise of the American working class.
Josh Marshall
2020-01-23T17:49:02.000ZThe Republic of St. Peter
The Birth of the Papal State, 680-825 (The Middle Ages Series)
This book presents a bold argument about the early Republic of Central Italy, challenging the traditional belief that it was a Frankish creation. Noble delves into the political, economic, and religious reasons behind the Republic's founding and covers its unique social structures and governance. A provocative and comprehensive exploration of a little-known part of Italy's history.
Josh Marshall
2018-03-29T15:06:20.000ZGreek and Roman Artillery
Technical Treatises (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints)
Discover the mechanical progress in Greek and Roman artillery over five hundred years with this book! It includes five Greek and Latin treatises, each with an English translation and extensive notes containing explanatory diagrams that reconstruct the machines. Other chapters discuss and reconstruct the 4th-century ballista and the onager based on various sources.
Josh Marshall
2017-08-30T01:06:48.000Z