Santo Domingo: Editorial Búho, Librería la Trinitaria, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 501p., bibl., wrps. Much like its predecessor, "La otra Historia Dominicana", this work strays from the classic political and military narratives which have dominated the historiography of the Dominican Republic, and instead focuses on daily life, sexuality, public health..... More
Mexicali, Baja California: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (Selección Anual para el Libro Universitario), 2017. First edition. Paperback. 160p., maps, photos, illus., facsimiles, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "El baile calabaceado. Tradición de la fiesta del vaquero" is a study on the history of the calabaceado dance from Baja California, one..... More
Mexico, D.F. Cineteca Nacional, 2013. 1st ed. Paperback. 102 p., photos, wrps. This book discusses the spread and influence of avant-garde Soviet film, which was often laden with revolutionary and feminist themes, on Mexican audiences. More
Mérida: Ayuntamiento de Merida, 2008. Paperback. Octavo, wraps, 171 p. Collection of 220 anecdotes based in the Yucatán Peninsula. ""Aqui hay lugar tanto para lo truculento como lo extravagante y aun lo risible" (cover). Edition of 500 copies. One library holding listed on OCLC. More
México: Editorial RM et al, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. vi; 299p., color photo plates, facsimiles, boards, black cloth spine, large 4to. Profuse historical and artistic exploration of the illustrations of internationally acclaimed modern Mexican artist Diego Rivera, (1886-1957), featured in books, magazines, newspapers and posters. Works span throughout his artistic..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Ananke, 2009. 1st ed. Paperback. Octavo, wraps, 502 p., bibl., index. Edition of 1,000 copies. More
El Paso, TX: Cinco Punto Press, 2008. First edition. Cloth. 249p., photos, illus., boards, leather, dj. "Claudia Guadalupe Martinez's debut novel for young adults is a bittersweet story about death, family, and the resilient emotional strength of the human heart" More
México, Fondo de Cultura Económica (Colección Popular, 58), 1971. Paperback. 128, (1)p., illus., wrps worn. 11th edition of the classic narrative by internationally accaimed Mexican Magical Realist novelist, short story writer and photographer Juan Rulfo, (1917-1986). More
México, CONACULTA: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, (Colección Obra Diversa), 2006. Paperback. 139p., illus., plans, facsimiles, wrps. "La intención de este libro es mostrar la manera en que las autoridades de la ciudad de México, en los siglos XVIIIy XIX, concibieron y realizaron una de las labores estratégicas de..... More
México: Secretaría de Gobernación/Archivo General de la Nación, 2003. Paperback. 152p., maps, tables, facsimile, wrps, 8vo. An historical examination into the civil and religious census of the Archdiocese of Mexico in 1777. Includes references. More
México, [La Autora], 1949. Paperback. 139, (1)p., photo plates, wrps (worn and chipped). An historical examination of world renowned Mexican actress María Félix, (1914-2002); commonly known as "La Doña", especially in her later years. She was one of the leading figures of the golden era of the Cinema in Mexico..... More
México: Grijalbo, 2006. Paperback. 302, (1)p., photo plates, tables, facsimiles, wrps, 8vo. "A través de una rigurosa investigación y documentos reveladores, la autora desentraña una historia vergonzosa: la pederastia del cura Nicolás Aguilar, quien abusó de casi noventa niños y ha sido encubierto por el Cardenal Norberto Rivera." Photo plates..... More
México, D.F: Fondo de Cultura Economica, (Colección Vida y Pensamiento de México), 1997. First Edition. Paperback. 406p., tables, bibl., wrps. "El acto de las palabras" provides a critical analysis on the poetry and essays of Nobel Prize-winning Mexican poet, writer, and diplomat Octavio Paz (1914-1998). Contens include: "Introducción a Octavio..... More
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez: Centro de Estudios Regionales (Cuadernos de Trabajo, 34, Serie Antropología), 1997. First edition. Paperback. 27p., maps, photos, bibl., wrps, large 4to. Succinct illustrated ethnology of indigenous group located in the southwestern area of the state. More
México, Consejo Editorial del Gobierno del Estado de Tabasco (Cuadernos del Consejo Editorial, 2), 1981. Paperback. 63, (146)p., facsimiles, wrps. With unpaginated facsimiles (c150p). More
Buenos Aires, Ediciones Alpe, 1955. Paperback. 261p., wrps. Studies of aspects of Argentine theater after independence. More
México, D.F. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Serie de Historia Moderna y Contemporánea, No. 9), 1993. Hardcover. 263p., bibl., index, boards, dust jacket. Covers the French intervention and the Maximilian empire in Mexico. More
México: El Colegio de México/Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora, 2000. First edition. Paperback. 484p., tables, graphics, plans, bibl., wrps (light soil to back cover). Examines the funerary rites for Mexican nobility, spanning from the mid-18th until the mid-19th centuries. With the following sections: "La presencia de la..... More
Hermosillo, Sonora: Sociedad Sonorense de Historia, 1979. Paperback. 8vo, wrps, 96 p., bibl., notes. Este volumen es un conjunto de informes sobre el estado, que se hayaban en la provincia de Sonora, remitidas por diversas personas al Gobernador de la Nueva Vizcaya, Don Juan Isidro de Pardiñas, durante los meses... More
San Luis Potosí, Casa Ramón López Velarde, 1998. Paperback. 15p., wrps. Appended by two poems. More
(Perú), H.G. Rozas Sucs., (1939). Paperback. iii, 143p., glossary, wrps. Pseudonymously published stories reflective of indigenous peasant life and culture. More
Querátaro, Gobierno del Estado, 1989. Paperback. 127p., wrps. More
México: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores: Acervo Histórico Diplomático, 1993. Paperback. 60p., index, wrps. More
Guadalajara: Gobierno de Jalisco, (Colección Temática Jalisciense, 20), 1988. Paperback. 67p., glossary, bibl., wrps. Three of six chapters cover the Inquisition as magic was prohibited during the colonial period. More
Monterrey, Nuevo León: Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo León, 1994. Hardcover. 8vo, bds, 417 p., dust jacket. Literary and historical essays, orations and a selection of short stories. More
