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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...

"Miserias del poder" pretende contribuir a que el debate público sobre el franquismo incluya en su agenda no sólo el importantísimo problema de la represión sino también el del funcionamiento, e intereses, del poder o las actitudes políticas de sus apoyos sociales. Entender críticamente, y en toda su amplitud, la dictadura nos permitirá valorar su lugar en nuestra historia contemporánea y comprender las razones de su «olvido».

La intervencion de Estados Unidos en la guerra de independencia de Cuba, una ocupacion de cuatro anos y las condiciones impuestas mediante la Enmienda Platt marcaron el dificil comienzo de la republica que en 2002 conmemora su centenario. En este libro se analiza de manera minuciosa, y al mismo tiempo abarcadora, el discurso politico de la prensa en los albores de la republica cubana en el conflictivo aspecto de sus relaciones con Estados Unidos. La autora examina las crisis politicas de 1906, 1917 y 1921, durante las cuales la permanente amenaza de intervencion estadunidense alcanzo formas...