Historia De La Vida Cotidiana En Mexico

En este recorrido por los barrios de la ciudad, los autores contrastan la cotidianidad de la tropa zapatista con la imagen de la elite social de los años veinte, cuando irrumpe la radio en el ámbito doméstico y modifica los ritos familiares; se asoman a la vida de las fábricas chihuahuenses, a las aulas, a las fiestas de uno de tantos pueblos del país, a la sanidad en el puerto de Veracruz, al mundo indígena a través de las imágenes en los libros de texto, a la participación de la mujer en la lucha campesina por la tierra en la ciudad de Monterrey, entre otros aspectos de la vida...

From reviews of the Spanish edition: “Meyer’s perceptive commentary on Mexican power politics presents new insights into the petroleum lobbies in Mexico City and Washington. With unbiased empathy he shows the validity of Mexico’s complaints about foreigners’ deriving an overabundance of profit from a nonrenewable natural resource. He understands United States history and never abuses his license to criticize.” —Hispanic American Historical Review “This useful addition to the literature on twentieth-century Mexican–United States diplomatic relations is a scholarly work, worthy...

Recopilacion de historias, personas y anecdotas del antiguo poblado de Convento Viejo, lugar que desaparecio bajos las aguas de la construccion del Embalse Convento Viejo en Chile."

Tracing musicology in Latin American during the twentieth century, this book presents case studies to illustrate how Latin American music has interacted with social and global processes. It addresses popular music, postcolonialism, women in music, tradition and modernity, musical counterculture, globalization, and identity construction.

This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...