HISTORY HISTORIA from Alla

NEW ~ Attractively illustrated publication presenting an overview of the significant historical manuscripts and printed document collections held by CONDUMEX. Valuable especially to historians and research institutions, but also of interest to aficionados of Mexico. 221pp. Illus., many color. En espanol / Spanish. Purchased in Mexico - Hard to find. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Exposition catalogue beautifully illustrated throughout with color images, accompanied by seven scholarly essays about Independence in Latin America by historians Octavio Herrera, Mario Vazquez Olivera, Alfredo Avila, Luis Fernando Granados, Hernan G. H. Taboada, Jorge Gelman, Ofelia Martinez, Paloma Porraz Fraser. 311pp. Illus. Many maps. Bibliography. Catalog data. Edition of 2500. En espanol / Spanish. Hard to find!… Read more about this item

The History of Colombian Art: Complete 13-volume set -- over 7,000 pages with illustrations throughout, many in color. Each volume addresses a particular theme in Colombian art: Vol. I Arte precolombino. Los escultores de San Agustin; Vol. II El arte funerario de Tierradento, los ceramistas de Tumaco y los orfebres de Calima; Vol. III El oro de Quimbaya, Tolima y… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Prize-winning two-volume set on Ibero-American Independence with essays by renown international historians on the subject: John H. Elliott, Brian Hammett, Hilda Sabato, Marcela Ternavasio, Kirsten Schultz, Sergio Villalobos R., Guadalupe Jimenez Codinach, John Fischer, Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy, and Jaime E. Rodrigues O. In English. 2 vols: 832pp. Lavishly illustrated with many full-color pages. Over 400 illustrations, including maps… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Exposition catalogue for the "Fabrica Mexicana" show held at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, Mexico, featuring world-famous designers such as Clara Porset. Five essays with additional material including a "Cronologia" from 1880-2011. Unnumbered pages. Illustrations, many in color. En espanol / Spanish. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Weight may require additional international shipping… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Pioneering study of Andean mural painting (mostly religious colonial) with an Introduction by Carlos Milla Batres. Photography by Albero Rojas Alva and others. Edition and production Carlos Milla Batres. 190pp. map. Illustrations, many in color. En espanol / Spanish text. New book in excellent condition except light wear to dust jacket; dust jacket and initial pages pasted together.… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Facsimile of the 1897 edition. Study of Mexican historical geography and place names by Dr. Antonio Penafiel (1895). The second part is an etymological dictionary of place names, "Etimologias de los nombres de lugar," followed by the "Nomenclatura Geografica de Mexico. Altas. 1895" - a directory of glyphs with place names. With introductory essay by Juan Manuel Menes… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Richly-illustrated study documenting the enormous (12 meters long and over three high) alegorical painting "El almacen" by Miguel Jeronimo Zendejas, Puebla, Mexico, 1797. Executed on a set of panels, the painting embodies the Enlightenment and science, in a language of period artistic elements, including "Castas" paintings. 423pp. Illus., many color. Archival references. Bibliography. Index. A high-quality production. En… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Anxious to document and preserve the Nahuatl language of the Costa de Michoacan, INI conceived of a project to work with the Indigenous community of Coire, municipio de Aguila, and decided to focus on Colola, the second-largest population. This book, bilingual in Spanish and Nahuatl, documents the inhabitants' oral history recounting the foundation of the community, as well… Read more about this item

NEW ~ The Indigenous past as incorporated during construction in elements of three churches in the State of Mexico: San Antonio la Isla, San Lucas Tepemaxalco, and Asuncion, in Amecameca. Of interest to scholars of history, anthropology, and architecture. 129pp. Illus. Maps. En espanol / Spanish. Brand new in original plastic wrap. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Seventy-five amazing, beautiful, and haunting black & white photographs by Julio Cordero taken in Bolivia between 1900 and 1961, accompanied by bilingual (Spanish-English) text. Of interest to photographers of course, but also to historians: Elite celebrations, family portraits, and the like, but also "mug shots" taken for the police (thieves, prostitutes, marginalized individuals) and images of the military,… Read more about this item

NEW ~ An historical investigation of ecclesiastical divorce in eighteenth-century Mexico that addresses various aspects of family, marriage, and gender, as well as power and church - state relations during the period. En espanol / Spanish. 300pp. Illus. In the publisher's original plastic wrap. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ A catalogue manuscript of plants from Oaxaca, Mexico, produced in the 1780s by the friar Juan Caballero after his time as Provincial de la Orden dominica (Dominican Order). Includes an introductory chapter about the author by Elias Trabulse (El Colegio de Mexico) and his times, a transcription of the original text, and a facsimile reproduction of the botanical… Read more about this item

Important study of Indigenous and mestizo education in Nueva Espana during the colonial era published in the well-known Biblioteca Porrua (78) history series. 425pp. Edition of 1000. En espanol. Dust jacket has suffered shelf wear, front end paper has minor crease. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ A history of the Jesuits in nineteenth-century Mexico, with biographical data and portraits. Important research reference. 542pp. Illus. Maps. Edition of 1000. En espanol. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Five-volume collection of Costa Rican Joaquin Gutierrez' (b. Limon, CR, 1918 - San Jose, 2000) essays, accompanied by a biography, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Author of Cocori, La hoja de aire, Muramono Federico, and Communist, he arranged Iosif Grigulevich a Costa Rican passport at Teoldoro Castro in Trotskey Plot. Brand new in publishers plastic ~ Hard-to-find 5 volume set.… Read more about this item

NEW ~ A collection of eight essays about Felipe Angeles ~ a significant (but little studied prior to this volume) figure in the Mexican Revolution ~ by Friedrich Katz, Adolfo Gilly, Felipe Avila Espinosa, Javier Garciadiego, Pedro Salmeron, Odile Guilpain, Ruben Osorio, and Gen. Luis Garfias. En espanol. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ A collection of nearly fifty brief accounts of everyday events and people in Yucatecan history by this regional author who relied on anecdotes and family archives to bring these to light: crimes, affairs, personal conflicts, nuns, foods, etc. A great (and inexpensive) gift idea for your favorite historian! 132pp. En espanol. Light shelf wear, price in pencil on… Read more about this item

NEW ~ Three historical essays about haciendas and land tenure in Yucatan, and one on colonial sources in the archives, including Archivo de Notarios de Yucatan. 166pp. Bibliographic notes. En espanol. Minor shelf wear to cover. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Two essays about Yucatecan history related to the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century henequen boom in the region. The first essay looks at land tenure and struggles to retain land rights in one particular community, the second synthesizes the development of the henequen hacienda and social conflict from 1910-1915. 136pp. Illus. Notes. En espanol. Acquired directly from Sr. Maldonado… Read more about this item