Hierro y sangre

Studies in Spanish American regional history have, as yet, made little attempt to incorporate the struggles for independence within the context of provincial society and politics viewed over the broader period that spans the late colonial and early national experience of Latin America. This book attempts a new perspective: it emphasises the provincial milieu and popular participation in its varied forms, often ambiguous and contradictory. The central aim is to examine social conflicts, chiefly in the Mexican provinces of Puebla, Guadalajara, Michoacán, and Guanajuato from the middle of the...

The abolition of judicial torture—alongside the eradication of both slavery and capital punishment—was one of the most consequential issues debated in eighteenth-century continental Europe. A revealing component of this controversial debate was presented in the unpublished "Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial," written by the attorney Pedro Garcia del Canuelo. Seeking support for its publication, he forwarded the manuscript to Prime Minister Manuel Godoy in 1795. The savvy Spanish politician, however, not only rejected the text but also warned its author against further...

El interés de un análisis histórico de los origenes del PS reside en la importancia de examinar la primera experiencia de construcción de un partido político obrero independiente, gestada por la clase trabajadora argentina en un período muy temprano de su historia. Es por ello que, si bien dedica una atención especial a las cuestiones teóricas y programáticas, así como a los desarrollos organizativos, este libro no propone una historia puramente intelectual o ideológica, sino que busca entender el desenvolvimiento del PS como parte de la historia viva de la clase trabajadora y de...

Una obra que revela actos de heroísmo y debilidades y desmitifica el verdadero alcance de la guerrilla y de la acción militar. Una historia real con matices surrealistas, desconocida en sus detalles y narrada espléndidamente.