Jabalén

Viaje a la Huasteca es el fruto de más de medio siglo de investigaciones sobre la région. Guy Stresser-Péan llegó a México en 1936 como investigador, aunque en realidad quería ir a África. Llegó convencido por Paul Rivet, uno de los etnólogos más representativos de Francia, y entró en una région que le revelaría todos sus secretos. Stresser-Péan reunió en dos años más de seiscientos objetos etnográficos, doscientas cincuenta muestras botánicas, más de tres mil fotografías de carácter esencialmente etnográfico e importantes datos en lengua huasteca. Una simple mirada al...

The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals, including clergy, military officers, and the region’s first governor, Pedro de Mendoza. There is also an exceptional contribution from Isabel de Guevara, one of the few women involved in the conquest to have recorded her experiences. Writing about the conditions of settlements and expeditions, these individuals vividly expose the...

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Informe elaborado por Stoyán Minéevich Ivanov (alias Stepánov y Moreno), agente de la Internacional Comunista o Komintern durante la Guerra Civil española, es una fuente imprescindible para el estudio del conflicto. Narra en su Informe Absolutamente Secreto los acontecimientos militares, políticos y económicos más relevantes...