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"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

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Narra el viaje a los orígenes de María de las Mercedes de Santa Cruz y Montalvo, condesa de Merlín, cubana culta, discreta con talento musical y literario, una mujer pionera por muchos motivos.

El volumen hace alusion a las independencias iberoamericanas en el subtitulo porque son ellas las que marcan un hito en las visiones que las elites regionales lanzan sobre el pasado con vistas al futuro, pero en una operacion que busca cimentar su poder en el presente. Ellas, las guerras de independencia y los procesos inmediatos que les siguen, son el punto de partida de la "historia nacional" y la relacion de esa historia nueva con el pasado colonial sera en muchos casos, como sabemos, materia prima de la disputa entre liberales y conservadores. Se trata de "estabilizar" el pasado, de...