Resultados para "2" en Era moderna

El relato de los tres últimos siglos en la historia de España: el vertiginoso proceso de la elaboración de un estado que aún hoy no está exento de debate y polémica. La historia de España desde el S. XVIII a la actualidad es un relato vertiginoso que el autor sabe hacernos llegar con toda la tensión de estos tres últimos siglos.

Ficción dramática que ilustra la historia secreta de las negociaciones que llevaron a la firma de Pacto Ribbentrop Mólotov que alteró radicalmente el equilibrio de fuerzas en Europa, desencadenó la II Guerra Mundial, implicó el reparto de países en Europa Central y finalmente, la entrega de Stalin a Alemania de los refugiados comunistas alemanes que habían buscado asilo político en la URRS.

Érase una vez un cura que tocó una campana la madrugada de un domingo y levantó en armas a todo un pueblo cansado de trecientos años de opresión. Vendrían una guerra que duraría más de una década, una monarquía, golpes de Estado, la república, un caudillo apostador, la pérdida de la mitad del territorio, un zapoteco que llegó a ser presidente, la exclusión de la Iglesia y la consecuente batalla entre liberales y conservadores, otra intervención y otro imperio, un dictador afrancesado y el inicio de un nuevo conflicto armado. Así fue el convulso siglo XIX mexicano.

El valor, como el miedo, son contagiosos. De uno y otro lado los defensores y los atacantes realizan hazañas sorprendentes. Si, en el caso del ejército francés, su notable disciplina les da ventaja, en el caso mexicano los oficiales y suboficiales que combaten en la primera línea dan una consistencia enorme a la defensa. González Ortega añade: “Los vi serenos en medio de los fuegos, a unos a pecho descubierto y a otros en los muros que se les habían enco - mendado, esperando el empuje del invasor”. 

Nazi Germany killed approximately 13 million civilians and other noncombatants in deliberate policies of mass murder, overwhelmingly during the war years. Almost half the victims were Jewish, systematically destroyed in the Holocaust, the core of the Nazis’ pan-European racial purification program. Alex Kay argues that the genocide of European Jewry can also be examined in the wider context of Nazi mass killing.

Formidable fresque relatant tous les grands épisodes de la Révolution Française ! Entendez Mirabeau, Danton, Robespierre, la déclaration des Droits de l'homme. Vivez la fantastique aventure d'un peuple secouant le joug pour apporter la liberté à l'ensemble des hommes !

Two Who Survived chronicles the true story of two children from different worlds: a city boy and a country girl. When the persecution of Jews begins, both are plucked from their reality and thrust into concentration camps. They are stripped of everything they know and forced to navigate a truly incomprehensible, volatile, dangerous, and unpredictable world.

Rosie was always told her red hair was a curse, but she never believed it. She often dreamed what it would look like under a white veil with the man of her dreams by her side. However, her life takes a harrowing turn in 1944 when she is forced out of her home and sent to the most gruesome of places: Auschwitz. Upon arrival, Rosie’s head is shaved and along with the loss of her beautiful hair, she loses the life she once cherished.

A rousing tale of espionage and unsung valor, this is the captivating true story of Vera Atkins, Great Britain's spymistress from the age of 25. With her fierce intelligence, blunt manner, personal courage, and exceptional informants, Vera ran countless missions throughout the 1930s. After rising to the leadership echelon in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a covert intelligence agency formed by Winston Churchill, she became head of a clandestine army in World War II.

இந்தக் கதை 1962 இல் இமயமலைப் பகுதியில் நடந்த இந்திய-சீனா போரை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டது. 1959 முதல் 1962 வரையிலான இந்தியா, சீனா மற்றும் திபெத்தின் அரசியல் சூழ்நிலைகள் நாவலில் விவாதிக்கப்பட்டன.

Le difficoltà nel trovare lavoro, la crisi del debito, i problemi legati alla globalizzazione affondano le loro radici nella storia. Dal crollo del '29 di Wall Street al crac delle borse asiatiche, Alessandro Barbera aprirà una ad una le porte chiuse delle grandi crisi economiche. Perché dietro ognuna di esse, c'è una lezione da trarre per l'oggi.

Le grandi questioni di politica internazionale trovano un nuovo spazio, coordinato dalla Stampa e dall'Istituto Affari Internazionali di Roma.

Les Presses Universitaires de France et Frémeaux & Associés proposent des cours particuliers sur l' "Histoire des sexualités", racontée, expliquée et analysée par Sylvie Steinberg, Gabrielle Houbre et Christine Bard, historiennes. L'œuvre de Michel Foucault a mis l'accent sur le caractère culturel de toute sexualité, variable dans l'espace et le temps, sur sa dépendance aux discours et aux enjeux religieux, scientifiques et politiques. Cet ouvrage vise à rendre compte, de façon accessible et vivante, des évolutions historiographiques récentes.

"La strage di Bologna del 2 agosto del 1980" è una delle pagine più dolorose e ancora avvolte nell'ombra della storia d'Italia. Ma la storia della bomba esplosa la mattina del 2 agosto del 1980 all'interno della Stazione Centrale di Bologna, soprattutto, parla di persone : di troppe persone. Ottantacinque quelle morte, più di duecento quelle ferite, migliaia quelle che hanno perso una madre, un figlio, un amico.

Trent'anni fa crollava il Muro di Berlino, simbolo della guerra fredda e della divisione del mondo tra Stati Uniti e Unione Sovietica. Ezio Mauro, ex direttore di La Stampa e Repubblica (e autore di "Anime prigioniere. Cronache dal muro di Berlino", edito da Feltrinelli) e Tonia Mastrobuoni, corrispondente da Berlino, raccontano la storia del Muro con il piglio del cronista: dalla divisione di Berlino dopo la II Guerra Mondiale alla costruzione del Muro nel 1961, fino alla caduta del 9 novembre 1989.

With war clouds gathering and harassment increasing, the stars of Continental opera, many of whom are Jewish, face dark futures under the boot heel of the Nazis. What can two middle-aged British spinsters do about such matters? They can form a secret cabal right under Hitler’s nose and get to work saving lives. The sisters conspire to bring together worldwide opera aficionados and insiders in an international operation to rescue Jews in the opera from the horrific fate that everyone intuits is coming.

Scions of a once-great southern Chinese family that produced the tutor of the last emperor, Jun and Hong were each other’s best friends until, in their twenties, they were separated at the end of the Chinese Civil War. One became a model Communist, the other a model capitalist. On Taiwan, Jun married a Nationalist general, established a trading company, and emigrated to the United States. On the Communist mainland, Hong built her medical career under a cloud of suspicion about her family and survived two waves of “re-education” before she was acclaimed for her achievements.

Da inauguração de Brasília aos protestos de John Lennon, das novelas de TV até a chegada do homem à Lua, este livro conduz o leitor numa instigante viagem por essa época de grandes emoções. Em linguagem direta e divertida, a autora mostra como as reviravoltas políticas, musicais, econômicas e sexuais daquela década ressoavam na cabeça de uma adolescente apaixonada por Roberto Carlos e que começava a conhecer o mundo.

Nel 1976 si è celebrato a Trieste un processo contro alcuni nazisti ritenuti responsabili dei crimini commessi nel lager della Risiera di San Sabba, un ex stabilimento per la pilatura del riso trasformato, durante l'occupazione tedesca della Venezia Giulia, in un campo di concentramento dotato di un forno crematorio. Non si conosce con precisione il numero delle persone che tra il 1944 e il 1945 vennero uccise e poi bruciate alla Risiera di San Sabba. Secondo la sentenza del processo furono oltre duemila.

A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William L. Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while on assignment in Europe during the 1930s. Shirer’s Berlin Diary, which is considered the first full record of what was happening in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich, appeared in 1941. Shirer returned to the European front in 1944 to cover the end of the war. End of a Berlin Diary chronicles this year-long study of Germany after Hitler.