Come ha fatto la Cina a diventare una superpotenza economica? Pur con il vantaggio di essere il Paese più popoloso al mondo, il risultato non è stato scontato. Soprattutto se si considera che la Cina, oggi prima al mondo per produzione industriale, fino a pochi decenni fa era un Paese quasi del tutto agricolo, chiuso al mondo esterno e sottosviluppato.
A segnare la svolta che porterà la Cina a diventare una superpotenza economica saranno le politiche di Deng Xiaoping, il successore di Mao alla guida della Repubblica Popolare.
Prima di lui la situazione in Cina ... continua

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José Miguel Carrera y Bernardo O`Higgins liberan esta nación emergente

A stranger in town is a 1943 comedy-drama political film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Roy Rowland (film director) and produced by Robert Sisk from an original screenplay by Isobel Lennart and William Kozlenko. The film had a music score by Daniele Amfitheatrof and Nathaniel Shilkret, and cinematography by Sidney Wagner (cinematographer).

The four horsemen of the apocalypse (1921) is an American silent film epic film war film produced by Metro Pictures and directed by Rex Ingram (director). Based on the Spanish novel The four horsemen of the apocalypse (Spanish novel) by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, it was adapted for the screen by June Mathis. The film stars Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry. The film turned then-little-known actor Rudolph Valentino into a superstar and associated him with the image of the Latin Lover. The film also inspired ... continua

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle Venerable Order of Saint John, Deputy Lieutenant (22 May 1859 - 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known for writing the fictional adventures of a second character he invented, Professor Challenger, and for popularising the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, ... continua

This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle

Woody Woodpecker is a fictional animated character anthropomorphic woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz Studio and distributed by Universal Pictures during the golden age of American animation

Amber Case: Licenciada en Sociología y Antropología en el Lewis and Clark College, Estados Unidos. En 2010, junto a Aaron Parecki, fundó Geoloqi, una compañía de software de localización. La compañía fue adquirida por Esriin en 2012. Trabaja como investigadora en el Instituto del Futuro en Palo Alto California. Sus Investigaciones se centran en el mundo cyborgs, donde un cyborg es simplemente un humano que interactúa con la tecnología. Ella asegura que la tecnología no necesariamente tiene que implantarse, puede ser una extensión física o mental, ... continua

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Antropóloga chilena. Obtuvo su licencia en Antropología y Arqueología en la Universidad de Chile.
Utiliza las redes sociales para difundir información antropológica. Se enfoca en los hijos y nietos de las personas afectadas por la dictadura militar (presos políticos, refugiados, ejecutados, detenidos desaparecidos, torturados, exiliados, etc.) con la intención de crear una memoria colectiva y formar una red de apoyo y solidaridad. Algunos de los sitios en donde conecta con estas personas son: “Memorias preñadas de futuro”, “Hijos de la memoria”, ... continua

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Il mistero della corda indiana: fenomeno inspiegabile o meraviglioso “falso ricordo”? Quando la psicologia permette di risolvere un mistero storico.

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