Y los vascos se echaron al mar

Perhaps the opening paragraph from Paul Larson¿s (Baylor University) prologue to the Epistola ad Mahomatem II summarizes what this new Scripta Humanistica volume has to offer to readers of literature and history alike: ¿This new scholarly edition certainly begs the question: how can a fifteenth century letter from the then Pope Pius II to the Muslim conqueror of Constantinople have any relevance for contemporary scholars and students in the early 21st century? Embroiled as we are in chaotic and tumultuous religious and political conflict in Europe and the Middle East, perhaps the answer is...

La industria del Holocausto, un libro vehemente, iconoclasta y polémico, es la denuncia de dolorida voz que alza el hijo de unos supervivientes contra la explotación del sufrimiento de las víctimas del Holocausto. En esta obra fundamental, el eminente politólogo Norman G. Finkelstein expone la tesis de que la memoria del Holocausto no comenzó a adquirir la importancia de la que goza hoy día hasta después de la guerra árabe-israelí de 1967. Esta guerra demostró la fuerza militar de Israel y consiguió que Estados Unidos lo considerara un importante aliado en Oriente Próximo. Esta...

Muestra una visión del último siglo desde la experiencia de la creación y el desarrollo del Estado revolucionario nacional.

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...