Morir por la patria

The supernatural appeal of Stoker's Dracula continues to hold readers spellbound more than a century after its initial publication. This work by Bajarlía is an important precedent in that concerning the study of vampirism. Through forceful and direct language, he analyzes Stoker's vampire-triad. This essay includes four additional, unpublished chapters that serve as a crucial part to this retelling of a classic.

As a young man, Ramon Perez aka Tianguis interrupted his studies and elisted in a burgeoning guerrilla movement to reclaim his people to ancestral communal lands in the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. From the grassroots organizing conducted by the peasants to the power of regional and national politicians to enforce their social order with pistoleros -- through Tianguis' unwavering account we experience the struggle and its consequences. The pursuit of Guiero Medrano -- and of Tianguis and his friends -- is unremitting; there is no escape as they flee through the forests, small towns, and...

La entrega de una vida al estudio, el cuidado de detalles y el dato preciso, el amor por la patria ante agresiones extranjeras sin fin y el conocimiento profundo de los vericuetos de la política nacional caracterizan el quehacer histórico de Berta Ulloa. Este volumen de homenaje recoge las investigaciones de colegas suyos interesados en los mismos temas y periodos que le han apasionado a ella. Los trabajos contribuyen a la comprensión de la historia del antes, durante y después de la revolución mexicana, desde los ámbitos nacional e internacional. Se echa una mirada hacia el vecino del...

Cuando los republicanos liberaron París es un homenaje a los republicanos españoles que formaron La Nueve compañía y contribuyeron a derrotar el nazismo, liberando París el 24 de agosto de 1944. A través de los ojos de un miliciano que cruza la frontera con Francia se relatan los acontecimientos que le llevaron a él y a muchos hombres y mujeres del siglo xx a adquirir un compromiso político.

The book series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, founded by Gustav Gröber in 1905, is among the most renowned publications in Romance Studies. It covers the entire field of Romance linguistics, including the national languages as well as the lesser studied Romance languages. The editors welcome submissions of high-quality monographs and collected volumes on all areas of linguistic research, on medieval literature and on textual criticism. The publication languages of the series are French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian as well as German and English. Each...