ESLABONES PERDIDOS DE LA HISTORIA DE TECPAN

In this historical study, Lara Medina examines the early development and continuing influence of Las Hermanas, a feminist organization established in 1971 to counter the patriarchy and Eurocentrism of the U.S. Catholic Church. Medina weaves archival research and oral interviews into a cohesive narrative that highlights the keen ethnic and political awareness among the movement's leaders and participants. Medina also illuminates the strides made by Las Hermanas in undermining and reorienting the male-dominated structure of both the Catholic ministry and the Chicano civil rights movement. By...

Las hipótesis prospectivas de un retroceso de la civilización hacia la nueva edad media buscan sus causas en la disolución de los vínculos sociales, la privatización del poder y los conflictos entre grupos competidores. De los cuatro trabajos reunidos en este volumen, el de umberto eco destaca los paralelismos entre la Europa medieval y la sociedad contemporánea, tales como la sensación de inseguridad, las sectas marginadas, el carácter visual de la cultura, el principio de autoridad y el gusto por el formalismo en la reflexión intelectual. Furio colombo describe las concentraciones...

"Inventario de los libros que han tenido ingreso en la secretaría de la Real academía," 1922-29, with v. 83, 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 96, 99.

As a community-based organization in the mountains of south-central Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo implements alternatives to extractive capitalism that do not rely on governments or distant non-profits. In this book, Alexis Massol González, Casa Pueblo's founder, reflects on its extraordinary forty-year history of experiments with community self-governance. Massol-González received the prestigious Goldman Prize (popularly known as the Green Nobel) for the organization's initiatives to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. This...