Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. 270p., photos, facsimiles, bibl., boards. "El "Regimiento de la declinaçion del sol" del virrey D. Antonio de Mendoza. La astronomía como instrumento en la exploración de los océanos durante el siglo XVI" is a meticulous facsimilar edition of one of the.....
Guadalajara, México: Editorial Universitaria, El Colegio de Jalisco, Universidad de Guadalajara, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 2vols., tables, bibl., wrps. "Mariano Otero visionario de la república : a 200 años de su nacimiento" is a biography on Mexican jurist and politician Mariano Otero, with focus on his impact on the Mexican.....
México, D.F. Editorial Fontamara (Colección Argumentos; 429), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 199p., wrps. "El Mexicano. Alquimia y mito de una raza" is a study on the identity and collective unconscious of Mexicans from a Jungian approach, exploring the influence of both pre-Columbian and European history. Contents include: "El Mexicano", "Arcana.....
México, D.F. Ideas y Palabras, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 148p., photos, bibl., wrps. "El 68. Los estudiantes, el presidente y la CIA" explores the influence foreign powers, and especially the CIA, had on the decisions made by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970. Contents include.....
Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 363p., wrps. This set of essays, edited by Carlos Aguirre and Ricardo D. Salvatore, aims to shed new light on the history of libraries in Latin America - private, religious, public, national libraries - and, in particular, on their role.....
La Paz, Bolivia: Fundación Xavier Albó, Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado (CIPCA), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. xiv, 766p., maps, graphs, illus., tables, wrps. "Xavier Albó: Obras Selectas. Tomo VI" is the sixth part of a comprehensive anthology of work by Jesuit priest, linguist, and anthropologist Xavier Albó.....
México, D.F. Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Bonilla Artigas Editores (Colección: Pública Historia; 8), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 194p., maps, facsimiles, bibl., wrps. "Niños de nadie" is an essay that explores the treatment of children in Latin America during the Bourbon period. Contents include: "El reformismo borbónico y la.....
Bogotá: Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 224p., photos, illus., wrps. "Tikea : Rapa Nui y las islas del Pacífico Sur" is the fruit of Argentine artist Jorge Alderete's travels to the islands of Rapa Nui, exploring its culture through Alderete's graphic art. Commemorative of Alderete's exhibition "Tikea", which.....
Medellin: Editorial Universidad de Antioquia, (Literatura / Crítica), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 137p., index, bibl., wrps. "Construcción racial y de género" is a critical study on the poetry of three Cuban black authors -- Georgina Herrera, Excilia Saldaña, and Soleida Ríos -- particularly examining their often contradictory positions on race.....
Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Diputación de Sevilla (Serie: Nuestra América; 39, Colección: Americana; 57), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 510p., maps, photos, illus., bibl., wrps. "Historia de la vulnerabilidad en Venezuela: Siglos XVI-XIX" is a historiography on colonial society in what is now Venezuela, particularly examining.....
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Colección Historia. Serie Testimonios). 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 2 vols., index, wrps. "Testimonios legislativos" is a two tome compendium of legislative testimonies from Mexican congresses, further divided into two separate volumes. The first volume contains testimonies from 1844. The.....
México, D.F. Secretaría de Cultura, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Colección Historia. Serie Testimonios). 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 2 vols., 1022p., tables, wrps. "Testimonios legislativos" is a two tome compendium of legislative testimonies from 1848 and 1849, divided into two separate volumes. Both works provide a historical account of.....
Miami: Ediciones Universal, (Col. Félix Varela, 56), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 206p., photos, facsimiles, wrps. "Normita Suárez y Jesús Alvarino" is a biographical work on Normita Suarez and Jesus Alvariño, two popular radio and television artists both in Cuba and during their exile. This work contains photos that showcase their.....
Madrid: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (Estudios de la cultura de España. La casa de la riqueza), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 778p., photos, facsimiles, bibl., index, wrps. "El momento ultraísta: Orígenes, fundación y lanzamiento de un movimiento de vanguardia" is a study on the first phase of the ultraist movement, a literary movement.....
Santiago de Chile: Ediciones Comunidad de Historia Mapuche, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 249p., photos, facsimiles, bibl., wrps. "Memoria y fotografía de la migración mapuche" is a collection of photos that chronicle the everyday lives of Mapuche migrants in Santiago. The work is divided into four main chapters: "Algunas palabras para.....
Cayey: Sopa de Letras, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 365p., photos, wrps. "PR 3 Aguirre" explores the town Aguirre and its surroundings in Puerto Rico. The work contains portraits of merchants, their families, and social circles.
Montevideo: Estuario Editora (Colección: Ensayo biográfico), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 447p., photos, facsimiles, wrps. "Alberto nin frías. Una tumba en busca de sus deudos" is a study on Alberto Nin Frías, re-writing the typical historical portrayal of the Uruguayan writer, lecturer, and diplomat. Nin Frías was also the first person.....
México, D.F: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Colección Miradas en la Oscuridad Letras Fílmicas), 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 467p., wrps. "La khátarsis del cine mexicano" offers an overview of Mexico's film scene between 2010 and 2012, probing unexplored aspects of the material and its impact on the cultural landscape through.....
La Paz: Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore, Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 220p., photos, facsimiles, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Damián Ayma Zepita" is a catalogue of photos by Bolivian photographer Damián Ayma Zepita, who stands out for the quality of his work and.....
México, D.F. David Moreno Soto, Editorial Itaca, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 237p., maps, photos, tables, bibl., wrps. "Megaminería en México" is historical and economic analysis on mining from the Marxist perspective, uncovering problems with labor exploitation, violence, inequalities, and more. Contents include: "Acumulación y capitalismo: Proceso histórico", "Evolución del marco.....
México, D.F. Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 254p., bibl., index, wrps. "Historia de la Iglesia en México" is a study on the history of the church in Mexico, dating back to the Pre-Hispanic era. Contents include: "Mesoamérica en el Preclásico (2500 AC--200 DC)", "El periodo Clásico.....
Mexico, D.F. Editorial Chamuco, 2014. 1st ed. Paperback. 248 p., ilus., bibl., wrps. Essays which provide a history of the counter-revolutionary parties in Mexico, with an emphasis on the hard right agenda of PAN (National Action Party). Illustrated sparingly with political cartoons and propaganda.
Bogota: Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia--ICANH (Colección: Cuadernos de Historia Colonial Título VI), 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 246p., maps, illus., tables, bibl., wrps. "Mestizaje, comercio y resistencia" is a study on the entrenched conflicts that took place in Guajira during the second half of the eighteenth century from an.....
México, D.F. Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Penales (Colección: Temas selectos; 1), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 231p., bibl., wrps. "Actuaciones ministeriales en el homicidio de León Trotsky" studies and reconstructs the assassination of Lev Davidovich Bronstein "Trotsky" by Ramón Mercader del Río in 1940. Contents include: "Los personajes: datos biográficos", "El.....
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas and Buenos Aires: UNICACH, CLASCO, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 486p., maps, photos, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Raíces comunes e historias compartidas" examines the deep historical ties shared by Central American, Caribbean, and Mexican societies, based on their geographical locations and processes of settlement, and political, economic, social.....
