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Villa and Zapata
The Mexican Revolution (1910-19) was the first seismic social convulsion of the twentieth century, superseded in historical importance only by the Russian and Chinese revolutions. Tierra y Libertad (land and liberty) was the watchword of the revolutionaries who fought a succession of autocrats in Mexico City. But the revolution was fired by a confusing multiplicity of issues- local, national, international, cultural, racial and economic. The two greatest rebel leaders were Francisco (Pancho) Villa and Emiliano Zapata, and Frank McLynn here tells the story of the Revolution through a dual biography of these legendary heroes.The great ten-year struggle that devastated Mexico was essentially a ...
The Life and Times of Pancho Villa
Alongside Moctezuma and Benito Juárez, Pancho Villa is probably the best-known figure in Mexican history. Villa legends pervade not only Mexico but the United States and beyond, existing not only in the popular mind and tradition but in ballads and movies. There are legends of Villa the Robin Hood, Villa the womanizer, and Villa as the only foreigner who has attacked the mainland of the United States since the War of 1812 and gotten away with it. Whether exaggerated or true to life, these legends have resulted in Pancho Villa the leader obscuring his revolutionary movement, and the myth in turn obscuring the leader. Based on decades of research in the archives of seven countries, this defin...
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Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer
Prologue -- La Veinte: a Santa Monica barrio -- Rubén Ladrón de Guevara Sr., 1914-2006 -- 1742 22nd Street, Barrio La Veinte, Santa Monica -- Palm Springs / Cathedral City / Las Vegas -- Binnie -- La Gatita -- Las Vegas : breakup of the family -- Sue Dean -- Beverly -- Shindig! with Tina Turner and Bo Diddley, 1965 -- The Sunset Strip riots -- The southern belle -- LACC / The New Revelations Gospel Choir -- Miss Santa Barbara -- Frank Zappa / Ruben And The Jets / Rock 'n' Roll Angels / 1972-1974 -- Miss Pamela & the G.T.O.'s (Girls Together Outrageously) -- Miss Claremont -- Miss Chino -- The mutiny -- The movie star and Miss Blue Eyes -- We open for Zappa at Winterland, San Francisco, Apr...
Censored 2005
The yearly volumes of Censored, in continuous publication since 1976 and since 1995 available through Seven Stories Press, is dedicated to the stories that ought to be top features on the nightly news, but that are missing because of media bias and self-censorship. The top stories are listed democratically in order of importance according to students, faculty, and a national panel of judges. Each of the top stories is presented at length, alongside updates from the investigative reporters who broke the stories.
A Companion to Los Angeles
This Companion contains 25 original essays by writers and scholars who present an expert assessment of the best and most important work to date on the complex history of Los Angeles. The first Companion providing a historical survey of Los Angeles, incorporating critical, multi-disciplinary themes and innovative scholarship Features essays from a range of disciplines, including history, political science, cultural studies, and geography Photo essays and ‘contemporary voice’ sections combine with traditional historiographic essays to provide a multi-dimensional view of this vibrant and diverse city Essays cover the key topics in the field within a thematic structure, including demography, social unrest, politics, popular culture, architecture, and urban studies
Jenaro Amezcua Amezcua
Pocos historiadores se han dedicado a estudiar a protagonistas cuasi anónimos que, por su empeño, idealismo y luchas, arriesgaron sus vidas. Al paso del tiempo fueron olvidados por las historiografías, oficializadas por los poderes surgidos de esas luchas, pero no por familiares cercanos e investigadores serios que no fueron cooptadas por "El sistema". Hay infinidad de esas historias marginadas de los textos escolares, esta es sólo una de ellas. El personaje biografiado, Jenaro Amezcua Amezcua, fue partícipe muy importante en la etapa revolucionaria del México del siglo XX (1910-1920) y posrevolucionaria (1921-1946). Incluso antes, a fines del Porfiriato, y de acuerdo a las enseñanzas...
Arrancarte lo que has vivido
¿Dónde hallar la fuerza para sostenerse ante las adversidades del destino? En busca de una nueva vida, y de convertirse en masón en el futuro, un joven estudiante de medicina abandona su natal Prusia sin imaginar que el marasmo de la historia lo arrastrará hasta llevarlo a México y lo envolverá en una de las épocas más convulsionadas de esa nación. En 1863 luchará contra los invasores franceses en el sitio de Puebla y, en 1867, en el de Querétaro. Desempeñará las funciones de médico y oficial, en distintas brigadas del ejército republicano, perfeccionando esas labores trascendentales en la escuela de la vida y la muerte que es la guerra. «Mexicanos, surianos, acabemos ya con la tiranía del invasor. La patria lleva secuestrada cinco años e implora su salvación. Nosotros, hijos del estado de Guerrero, la rescataremos de las garras de los monarquistas y de su títere Maximiliano. ¡No desmayemos ahora, falta poco, muy poco! Hay que entregar nuestras vidas de ser preciso. ¡Viva la independencia! ¡Viva la libertad!».
