La Guardia Civil: Historia de Esta Institución Y de Todas Las Que Se Han Conocido En España Con Destino a la Persecución de Malhechores,

Serge Gruzinski nos ofrece un logrado trabajo de inmersión en algunas de las más relevantes expresiones del sincretismo cultural, con el propósito de trazar la naturaleza de este complejo imaginario vivo en la memoria cultural de nuestro pasado indígena.

Esta Historia de la Literatura significa un intento de ofrecer una visión científica y dialécticamente rigurosa de movimientos, autores y obras universales en relación con el pensamiento, la cultura y la sociedad de la época. Especialistas de todo el mundo, de reconocido prestigio y diferentes escuelas y tendencias, abordan los aspectos más conflictivos dela creación literaria dentro de una estructura que da sentido global a la obra: - artículos generales sobre un periodo. - artículos sobre un género. - monografías sobre tópicos o temas de especial relevancia en cada época o bien ...

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...

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