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Bilbao's Modern Business Elite
Glas analyzes the rapid economic growth of Spain's Bilbao region in the context of its massive exportation of iron ore to Great Britain between 1875 and 1899. Focusing on the mining boom and the opportunities it created for Bilbao businessmen, the author establishes a broad chronological and analytical framework that combines economic history with social, cultural, and political analysis to account for the industrialization of Vizcaya and the success of local entrepreneurs.
The Argentine Flying Fortress
In the 1960’s guerrillas were operating in almost all Latin American countries, as well as in Africa and Asia, and the need of specialized weapons to fight them arose. The Argentine Air Force, seeing this threat grow, asked the FMA factory to produce a counterinsurgency airplane to equip the force, but also to offer on the international market. After several proposals were analyzed, a final product emerged, called the IA-58 Pucará, a robust twin turboprop aircraft with heavy internal weapons, planned to operate from unprepared airstrips on very hard conditions. The plane entered service with the Argentine Air Force in 1975 and more than 100 were produced over the years, with several versi...
Arriba en la cordillera
Arriba en la cordillera: La historia completa de la tragedia en los Andes narra la odisea del famoso accidente aéreo protagonizado por un equipo de rugby uruguayo en 1972 y que sorprendió al mundo entero. Analizando los hechos dentro y fuera de la montaña, la investigación ofrece una visión en profundidad del escenario del cual provenían los pasajeros, otorgando un completo y minucioso estudio de las posibles causas y teorías del accidente. El relato se enriquece con las biografías exclusivas de los que no regresaron de la cordillera, contadas a través de los ojos de sus familias, aportando un equilibrio muy necesario a una hazaña que se ha centrado en gran medida en los sobrevivie...
