Vientos de libertad

Este libro contiene la mayoria de los trabajos presentados en el Simposio Internacional sobre Rancheros y Sociedades Rancheras de México, efectuado en Zamora en 1993. A la convocatoria lanzada conjuntamente por El Colegio de Michoacan, El CEMCA, El ORSTOM y la Universidad Veracruzana acudieron una treintena de investigadores e investigadoras de tres generaciones, de varios paises y de diversas formaciones. Los trabajos aqui reunidos entran a muchos rincones de la geografia y de la historia nacionales; abordan con propiedad numerosos aspectos de la vida Y obra de los rancheros; revelan que...

"Excellent study of the Dominican Order in the 16th century. Avoids a chronological account giving the reader instead a methodical analysis of the institutional, social, and economic organization of the order. To the prototypes of the urban and the rural convents, Pita Moreda adds a balanced assessment of the missionary activities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

A biography of the Mexican priest who led his Indian followers to revolt against the Spaniards and became known as "The Father of Mexican Independence."

Researchers Castro Ricalde and McKee present a documental work covering sources from the United States, México, Cuba, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Spain and Serbia to account for the complex development of the Mexican cinematographic industry in the first half of the 20th century and its efforts to establish a national identity myth designed for local consumer commercialization and powerful enough to stand against Hollywood dominance. The study spans 2 decades from the first sound movie Santa (1932) to 1955, when the "Mexican cinema of the "Golden Age" had a preponderant role in the...