El Canal de Panamá

When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

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Los textos que componen el libro que el lector tiene en sus manos exponen de manera cruda las intimidades en el ejercicio de la guerra, desde la sensibilidad extrema de un soldado convertido en periodista, quien vivió en carne propia la mutilación de uno de sus miembros inferiores al caer en un campo minado. Muy pocas veces se tiene la oportunidad de tener un documento que dé cuenta de las angustias, miedos y sensaciones que afloran en la mente y en el cuerpo de un soldado que, después de caminar 60 kilómetros, tiene que repeler un hostigamiento guerrillero o, a sangre y fuego, recuperar ...

Brillante aproximación al estudio de las órdenes caballerescas desde su vertiente sociocultural y sociopolítica como generadora de parámetros culturales y sociales.