Confluencias – serie
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25 produkter
Enlightened Patrolman
Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City
Inbunden, 2022
1152 kr
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When late eighteenth-century New Spanish viceregal administrators installed public lamps in the streets of central Mexico City, they illuminated the bodies of Indigenous, Afro-descended, and plebeian Spanish urbanites. The urban patrolmen, known as guarda faroleros, or “lantern guards,” maintained …
Informal Metropolis
Life on the Edge of Mexico City, 1940–1976
Av David Yee
Inbunden, 2024
1152 kr
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In the 1940s, as Mexican families trekked north to the United States in search of a better life, tens of millions also left their towns and villages for Mexico’s major cities. In Mexico City migrant families excluded from new housing programs began to settle on a dried-out lake bed near the …
Strength from the Waters
A History of Indigenous Mobilization in Northwest Mexico
Inbunden, 2022
1152 kr
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Strength from the Waters is an environmental and social history that frames economic development, environmental concerns, and Indigenous mobilization within the context of a timeless issue: access to water. Between 1927 and 1970 the Mayo people-an Indigenous group in northwestern Mexico-confronted …
Conflict and Correspondence
Belonging and Urban Community in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1939–1947
Inbunden, 2025
1152 kr
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In the decades following the 1910 Mexican Revolution, Guadalajara faced immense demographic and economic transformation, stunning both longtime residents and new arrivals. The city’s population nearly tripled from 1920 to 1950, and the resultant population boom strained government resources and …
Freethinkers and Labor Leaders
Women, Social Change, and Politics in Modern Mexico
Av María Teresa Fernández Aceves
Inbunden, 2025
1152 kr
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The interpretation of the revisionist historiography of the Mexican Revolution (1910–17) has focused primarily on revolutionary leaders who were men, pushing the heroines of the war to the sidelines. If women happened to be mentioned, they appeared only as symbols, not as social agents. However, …
Strength from the Waters
A History of Indigenous Mobilization in Northwest Mexico
Häftad, 2022
340 kr
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Strength from the Waters is an environmental and social history that frames economic development, environmental concerns, and Indigenous mobilization within the context of a timeless issue: access to water. Between 1927 and 1970 the Mayo people-an Indigenous group in northwestern Mexico-confronted …
Enlightened Patrolman
Early Law Enforcement in Mexico City
Häftad, 2022
340 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When late eighteenth-century New Spanish viceregal administrators installed public lamps in the streets of central Mexico City, they illuminated the bodies of Indigenous, Afro-descended, and plebeian Spanish urbanites. The urban patrolmen, known as guarda faroleros, or “lantern guards,” maintained …
In the Shadow of El Tajín
The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico
Inbunden, 2025
1152 kr
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Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and national symbol. The Indigenous Totonac residents of the region know well that the site’s relative absence from discussions of global …
Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico
Revolution, Reform, and Repression
Inbunden, 2023
1152 kr
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Honorable Mention for the 2024 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award Two generals from the northwestern state of Sonora, Álvaro ObregÓn and Plutarco ElÍas Calles, dominated Mexico between 1920 and 1934, having risen to prominence in the course of the Mexican Revolution. Torn between popular demands for …
Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico
Revolution, Reform, and Repression
Häftad, 2023
398 kr
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Honorable Mention for the 2024 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award Two generals from the northwestern state of Sonora, Álvaro ObregÓn and Plutarco ElÍas Calles, dominated Mexico between 1920 and 1934, having risen to prominence in the course of the Mexican Revolution. Torn between popular demands for …
Men of God
Mendicant Orders in Colonial Mexico
Inbunden, 2025
1118 kr
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A broadly researched cultural history, Men of God offers a path to understanding the concept of religious masculinity through an intimate approach to the study of friars and lay brothers in colonial Mexico. Though other scholars have focused on the missionary work of the Augustinian, Franciscan, …
Question of Justice
Criminal Trials, Notorious Homicides, and Public Opinion in Twentieth-Century Mexico
Inbunden, 2026
1152 kr
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Mexico is a country beset by violence and insecurity, with 98 percent of violent crimes unsolved and 94 percent of crimes unpunished. These staggering statistics illustrate the critical need to understand the history of Mexico’s penal law and justice system, from its evolution and development to …
Men of God
Mendicant Orders in Colonial Mexico
Häftad, 2025
499 kr
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A broadly researched cultural history, Men of God offers a path to understanding the concept of religious masculinity through an intimate approach to the study of friars and lay brothers in colonial Mexico. Though other scholars have focused on the missionary work of the Augustinian, Franciscan, …
Informal Metropolis
Life on the Edge of Mexico City, 1940–1976
Av David Yee
Häftad, 2024
340 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the 1940s, as Mexican families trekked north to the United States in search of a better life, tens of millions also left their towns and villages for Mexico’s major cities. In Mexico City migrant families excluded from new housing programs began to settle on a dried-out lake bed near the …
Men of God
Mendicant Orders in Colonial Mexico
E-bok, 2025
461 kr
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A broadly researched cultural history, Men of God offers a path to understanding the concept of religious masculinity through an intimate approach to the study of friars and lay brothers in colonial Mexico. Though other scholars have focused on the missionary work of the Augustinian, Franciscan, …
Informal Metropolis
Life on the Edge of Mexico City, 1940–1976
Av David Yee
E-bok, 2024
312 kr
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In the 1940s, as Mexican families trekked north to the United States in search of a better life, tens of millions also left their towns and villages for Mexico’s major cities. In Mexico City migrant families excluded from new housing programs began to settle on a dried-out lake bed near the …
Freethinkers and Labor Leaders
Women, Social Change, and Politics in Modern Mexico
Av María Teresa Fernández Aceves
Häftad, 2025
430 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The interpretation of the revisionist historiography of the Mexican Revolution (1910–17) has focused primarily on revolutionary leaders who were men, pushing the heroines of the war to the sidelines. If women happened to be mentioned, they appeared only as symbols, not as social agents. However, …
Conflict and Correspondence
Belonging and Urban Community in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1939–1947
Häftad, 2025
340 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In the decades following the 1910 Mexican Revolution, Guadalajara faced immense demographic and economic transformation, stunning both longtime residents and new arrivals. The city’s population nearly tripled from 1920 to 1950, and the resultant population boom strained government resources and …
In the Shadow of El Tajín
The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico
Häftad, 2025
340 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El TajÍn is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and national symbol. The Indigenous Totonac residents of the region know well that the site’s relative absence from discussions of global …
Question of Justice
Criminal Trials, Notorious Homicides, and Public Opinion in Twentieth-Century Mexico
Häftad, 2026
430 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Mexico is a country beset by violence and insecurity, with 98 percent of violent crimes unsolved and 94 percent of crimes unpunished. These staggering statistics illustrate the critical need to understand the history of Mexico’s penal law and justice system, from its evolution and development to …
Rebellious Citizens
Social Upheaval and Democracy in Revolutionary Mexico
Av Ulices Piña
Inbunden, 2026
1152 kr
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In Rebellious Citizens Ulices Piña shows that democracy in Mexico has never been the exclusive domain of elites, nor confined to the ballot box. Focusing on the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution of 1910–20, Piña explores how citizens forged a substantive democratic culture in the crucible of …
Extraordinary Life of Juana Catarina Romero
Gender and Power in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
Inbunden, 2026
1187 kr
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The construction of the nation-state, the development of capitalism, and the modernization of society have historically been defined as masculine endeavors, with women on the sidelines. This biography of Juana Catarina Romero (1837–1915) shatters many of the stereotypes of nineteenth-century women …
Extraordinary Life of Juana Catarina Romero
Gender and Power in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
Häftad, 2026
443 kr
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The construction of the nation-state, the development of capitalism, and the modernization of society have historically been defined as masculine endeavors, with women on the sidelines. This biography of Juana Catarina Romero (1837–1915) shatters many of the stereotypes of nineteenth-century women …
Rebellious Citizens
Social Upheaval and Democracy in Revolutionary Mexico
Av Ulices Piña
Häftad, 2026
340 kr
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In Rebellious Citizens Ulices Piña shows that democracy in Mexico has never been the exclusive domain of elites, nor confined to the ballot box. Focusing on the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution of 1910–20, Piña explores how citizens forged a substantive democratic culture in the crucible of …
