Mirrors and Echoes

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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Martin Diaz Tamayo (1904-1995) was an illiterate peasant from Pinar del Rio, Cuba, who joined the Cuban army at the age of sixteen and rose to the rank of major general.

La propaganda norteamericana en España durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial tuvo una presencia mayor de lo que podría suponerse dada la postura internacional del régimen franquista. Esta obra basada fundamentalmente en documentación estadounidense, pretende describir y analizar las actividades de propaganda norteamericanas en España durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Establece los conceptos básicos de la propaganda de guerra y expone la situación de los medios de comunicación españoles de la época y el aparato de propaganda exterior de los Estados Unidos durante la guerra. Se ocupa...