El proceso democrático de México

When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

Michael Jacobs, nacido en Italia en 1952, es un escritor de viajes e historiador del arte inglés, afincado en el pueblo jienense de Frailes desde 1999. Actualmente es uno de los hispanistas más renombrados de su generación y ha sido tildado como "el George Borrow de la era de la alta velocidad". Es autor de libros de viajes y sobre arte y, además de este De la Alhambra a Tombuctú, su primer libro vertido al español, ha publicado sobre España Andalucia (Penguin Books, 1990), Between hopes and memories. A spanish journey (Picador, 1994) y The factory of light (John Murray, 2003),...

A brief biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish conquistador, focusing on his role in the invasion and destruction of the Aztec civilization in Mexico.

Se busca resolver el notable paralelismo entre el ciclo mítico mesoamericano y el de los pueblos sudamericanos.