Diccionario de mujeres impresoras y libreras de España e Iberoamérica entre los siglos XV y XVIII

"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...

Le thème des rapports entre la presse et le pouvoir n'est certes pas nouveau, mais jamais encore, dans le cas de l'Espagne, il n'avait fait l'objet d'une étude d'ensemble pour l'époque contemporaine. Quels sont les facteurs d'influence de la presse ? Comment cette influence s'exerce-t-elle ? Quelle en est la portée ? Quelles en sont les limites ? Autant de questions auxquelles les chercheurs réunis à l'occasion du colloque franco-espagnol « Presse et pouvoir en Espagne », organisé par le CNRS (Maison des Pays Ibériques et URA 1047) et par la Casa de Velázquez en novembre 1993 à la ...

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The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...