Search results for ""Author Manuel Lucena Giraldo""
Editorial Edaf, S.L. Francisco de Miranda la aventura de la política
Aventurero interesado, idealista heroico, Casanova criollo, general revolucionario, exiliado, diplomático, preso, grafómano y lector compulsivo. Todas estas definiciones comprenden la personalidad poliédrica y misteriosa de Francisco de Miranda (1750-1816), primer latinoamericano universal y "precursor" de las independencias. En este libro no se cuentan otras historias con la excusa de contar su biografía, sino que se aborda su asombrosa peripecia vital con nuevos materiales y perspectivas; la vida de Miranda constituye el resumen de la ambición humana y también de sus limitaciones: con él nació la universalidad del Nuevo Mundo.
£12.69
Reaktion Books How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History
"Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor, disunited and sparsely populated. Yet the Spaniards and their allies built the largest empire the world had ever seen. How did they achieve this? Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that Spain’s engineers were critical to this venture. The Spanish invested in infrastructure to the advantage of local power brokers, enhancing the abilities of incumbent elites to grow wealthy on trade, and widening the arc of Spanish influence. Bringing to life stories of engineers, prospectors, soldiers and priests, the authors paint a vivid portrait of Spanish America in the age of conquest. This is a dazzling new history of the Spanish Empire, and a new understanding of empire itself, as a venture marked as much by collaboration as oppression."
£21.46
