Rocio Gomez is Dr. and Mrs. Harold Greer Jr. Assistant Professor in Latin American History at Virginia Commonwealth University. She won the 2019 Edwin Lieuwen Award for promotion of excellence in the teaching of Latin American studies from the Rocky Mountain … Continue reading From the Desk of Rocio Gomez: From Zacatecas to COVID
Helga Baitenmann is an associate fellow of the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London. She is the coeditor of Decoding Gender: Law and Practice in Contemporary Mexico. Her new book Matters of Justice: Pueblos, the Judiciary, and Agrarian … Continue reading Excerpt: Matters of Justice
This month we’re offering two sales you won’t want to miss! In May, we recognize Jewish American Heritage Month and a select list of books are available for 40% off. We’re also offering a new Latin American and Spanish … Continue reading Book Sales in May
Lina del Castillo is an assistant professor of history and Latin American studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Crafting a Republic for the World Scientific, Geographic, and Historiographic Inventions of Colombia (June 2018). For generations, … Continue reading From the Desk of Lina del Castillo: “Colonial Legacies” of Latin America
The following contribution comes from Michael K. Bess, author of Routes of Compromise Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952 (December 2017). Bess teaches history at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico. As a youth, I became … Continue reading From the Desk of Michael K. Bess: Paths for Openness, Exchange, and Understanding
The Mexican Experience Series explores the rich and varied character of the Mexican experience through narrative, description, and analysis. With an emphasis on the many Mexican cultures, the series examines historical, anthropological, geographical, ethnographical, and environmental issues in modern Mexico. The … Continue reading Excerpt: Street Democracy
Will Fowler is a professor of Latin American studies at the University of St Andrews where he is the current Head of the School of Modern Languages. He is the author and editor of over fifteen titles including Santa Anna … Continue reading From the desk of Will Fowler: Understanding Nineteenth-Century Mexican Insurrectionary Politics
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