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"Doa Lona" is a story based on actual history and the life of the famous gambling queen, Mara Gertrudis Barcel, better known as Doa Tules. The characters are all part of the real-life drama of the settling of the American Southwest in the 1820s.
Cook takes a new look at this notorious woman of 1840s Santa Fe.
"Essential two-volume translations of recently discovered examples of Chimalpahin's work held by the Bible Society Library at Cambridge Univ., given in parallel with transcriptions of Nahuatl texts. In both volumes, brief introductions by Schroeder provide useful information about Chimalpahin and his work. In v. 1, Ruwet provides as well a 'Physical Description of the Manuscripts.' An important addition to the growing body of indigenous language records and accounts in translation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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A novel of love and family conflicts set against the way of life on the huge ranches of the Plains and the Arauca river basin.
One woman's testimonial about the Peron years sheds light on gender hierarchies, the role of women in industry, women as union militants, and the material culture of working class family life in Argentina.