Ecos de Nueva Espaa. Los Siglos Perdidos En La Historia de Mxico / Echoes of T He New Spain: The Lost Centuries in Mexican History

Nueva Espaa era un territorio gigantesco, comprenda de lo que ahora es el sur de Estados Unidos hasta Nicaragua. Millones de kilmetros cuadrados. Una vastsima regin en la que convivan, no siempre armoniosamente, indgenas, negros, mulatos, mestizos, asiticos, espaoles y uno que otro flamenco, portugus e ingls. Eran piratas, monjas, caciques, virreinas, esclavos y burcratas los que andaban por calles, plazas, y sorteaban los peligros de trasladarse entre pueblos, ciudades y ocanos...

Contrario a las aburridas lecciones escolares sobre la poca virreinal, lejos de los hroes y villanos de monografa, estas pginas nos recuerdan que, entre la llegada de Corts y la Independencia proclamada por Miguel Hidalgo, existi un mundo complejo y contrastante que apenas se mantuvo en precario equilibrio.

Escrito por la reconocida historiadora y escritora, rsula Camba Ludlow, Ecos de Nueva Espaa es una apasionante y colorida travesa por los siglos que moldearon nuestro tiempo.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Almost 300 years of history are covered in this original, fun illustrated book featuring the trips, places, trades, customs, and characters that shaped the amazing universe of New Spain.

New Spain was a colossal territory, expanding from what is now the southern United States to Nicaragua. It was a vast region in which indigenous people, Africans, mestizos, Asians, Spaniards, and the occasional Flemish, Portuguese, and English lived together, although not always harmoniously. Pirates, nuns, caciques, viceroys, slaves, and bureaucrats walked through the same streets and squares, and faced the perils of moving across towns, cities and oceans.

Stepping away from the tedious heroes-and-villains school lectures on the colonial era, this book reminds us that, after the arrival of Corts in Yucatn and before Miguel Hidalgo's declaration of the Mexican Independence, a complex and contrasting world was built and maintained in a delicate, fragile balance.

Written by the renowned historian and writer rsula Camba Ludlow, Echoes of the New Spain is an exciting and vibrant journey through the centuries that shaped our present.