Travesía Panameña

En la Real Carcel de Corte, ubicada en el Palacio Virreinal, habia "un millon de presos. Unos blancos, otros prietos; unos medio vestidos, otros decentes; unos empelotados, otros enredados en sus pinchas"; en ella, "unos jugaban albures, otros saltaban con los grillos, otros cantaban, otros tejian medias y puntas, otros platicaban, y cada cual procuraba divertirse." Esto fue escrito por Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi en "El Periquillo Sarniento," pero que era una carcel en la parte final de la epoca colonial?, que funcion desempenaba en el proceso judicial?, cual era su jurisdiccion?,...

This academic book explores the life and contributions of Pedro Sánchez de la Hoz, a sixteenth-century Spanish merchant, conquistador, and adelantado. As secretary to Pizarro during the conquest of Peru, Sánchez de la Hoz wrote a firsthand account of the Spanish conquest of Peru and Incan ethnography, which is presented here, and includes some of the most significant campaigns in the colonization of the Americas, which was led by conquistador Francisco Pizarro, his brothers, and indigenous allies. This conquest paved the way for the establishment of the Viceroyalty of Peru and spin-off...

"A fascinating and beautifully argued interpretation of how the American war in Southeast Asia affected Chicano communities. The author provides the most complete and well-documented study to date of this important chapter in U.S. history and its impact on an ethnic group with long-standing traditions of military service, assimilation, and resistance to injustice. Oropeza's book is what students of the Chicano Movement, especially the Mexican American role in antiwar activities during the Vietnam War period, have been waiting for."—George Mariscal, author of Aztlán and Viet Nam: Chicano...

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