Novelas Ejemplares y Amorosas de Doña Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor

"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...

Este libro se ocupa de un aspecto del zapatismo paradójicamente poco estudiado: las "bases de apoyo" del EZLN. Así, gracias a una investigación comparativa entre los grupos rebeldes y los que continuaron su lucha política por la vía no armada, se reconstruye la historia social y política de los indígenas de las Cañadas Tojolabales de la Selva Lacandona desde 1930 hasta nuestros días.

When looking at historical photographs of Guadalupe residents, one sees the faces that represent the area s unique and diverse past. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Chumash and mapped by Spanish explorers, Guadalupe was first named in the 1840s Mexican land grant honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title given to the Virgin Mary. Through the years, waves of immigrants made their way to Guadalupe to take advantage of the fertile soil and unique geographic features, the most prominent of which are the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, which contain some of the tallest sand dunes on Earth and have...

Este testimonio de Yasuaki Yamashita, sobreviviente de la bomba atómica lanzada en 1945 en la ciudad de Nagasaki, es una gran muestra del espíritu de supervivencia humano en situaciones críticas. Y deja una clara sensación de que en la guerra el drama no termina en el campo de batalla, sino que sus consecuencias persiguen a la humanidad, aún en la reconstrucción.