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Handbook of Latin American Studies Vol. 75
The 2021 volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American Studies.
Religion and State Formation in Postrevolutionary Mexico
The religion question—the place of the Church in a Catholic country after an anticlerical revolution—profoundly shaped the process of state formation in Mexico. From the end of the Cristero War in 1929 until Manuel Ávila Camacho assumed the presidency in late 1940 and declared his faith, Mexico's unresolved religious conflict roiled regional politics, impeded federal schooling, undermined agrarian reform, and flared into sporadic violence, ultimately frustrating the secular vision shared by Plutarco Elías Calles and Lázaro Cárdenas. Ben Fallaw argues that previous scholarship has not appreciated the pervasive influence of Catholics and Catholicism on postrevolutionary state formation...
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Forgotten Island
The opening days of World War II in the Pacific found the island of Guam in the Mariana Islands to be an isolated American possession that was nearly surrounded by Japanese territory. The island came under immediate attack with the start of hostilities. The small garrison of marines, navy personnel, and Guamanians surrendered to Japanese invaders after offering only token resistance. However, not all of the American servicemen capitulated. Navy radioman George Ray Tweed was one of six sailors who disappeared into the thick interior jungle. The Japanese occupiers quickly solidified control over the island and began a ruthless search for the missing sailors. Five of the Americans were eventual...
The Life and Works of José Joaquin Fernández de Lizardi
A Mexican literary and political figure of the early nineteenth century whose writings present the best existing portrayal of Spanish colonial society.
El conocimiento antropológico e histórico sobre Guerrero. Patrimonio cultural: Reconsideraciones, novedades y riesgos. Quinta Mesa Redonda
El objetivo principal de esta obra es plantear los elementos básicos para repensar las expresiones patrimoniales y los procesos de patrimonialización, invitar a la reflexión sobre las políticas culturales que buscan registra, salvaguardar y difundir el patrimonio cultural y valorar cómo la investigación antropológica cercana a las comunidades guerrerenses ilumina las complejidades del tema de patrimonio.
