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The Rebel
The Rebel is the memoir of a revolutionary woman, Leonor Villegas de Magnon (1876-1955), who was a fiery critic of dictator Porfirio Diaz and a conspirator and participant in the Mexican Revolution. Villegas de Magnon rebelled against the ideals of her aristocratic class and against the traditional role of women in her society. In 1910 Villegas moved from Mexico to Laredo, Texas, where she continued supporting the revolution as a member of the Junta Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Council) and as a fiery editorialist in Laredo newspapers. In 1913, she founded La Cruz Blanca (The White Cross) to serve as a corps of nurses for the revolutionary forces active from the border region to Mexico City...
Journalism, Satire, and Censorship in Mexico
Since the 2000 elections toppled the PRI, over 150 Mexican journalists have been murdered. Failed assassinations and threats have silenced thousands more. Such high levels of violence and corruption question one of the fundamental assumptions of modern societies, that democracy and press freedom are inextricably intertwined. In this collection historians, media experts, political scientists, cartoonists, and journalists reconsider censorship, state-press relations, news coverage, and readership to retell the history of Mexico's press.
Obras
El notable historiador sinaloense recoge en este volumen tres ensayos importantes de su quehacer teórico. Son ellos, Breviario de historia de México, debate dialogado sobre los problemas más polémicos de nuestra historia; Don Melchor Ocampo, reformador de México e Imaginación y realidad de Francisco I. Madero, dos ensayos biográficos imprescindibles para conocer las guerras de Reforma y Revolución de 1910.
