Las Hermanas

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...

Siete estudios originales abordan aspectos emblemáticos de los mil días de la Unidad Popular, e intentan recuperar el contrapunto entre fiesta y drama que tan profundamente marcó el proyecto liderado por Salvador Allende.

El presente libro surge del interés por reconstruir las trayectorias de las poblaciones indígenas, reconstituidas desde prácticas estatales y a partir de sus propias estrategias de participación como actores sociales y políticos de las sociedades americanas decimonónicas.

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...

Links 1,500 years of Catalan history with the architecture, painting, sculpture, music, and poetry of Barcelona to pay tribute to the accomplishments of Catalunya culture