The life of Laureano Gomez (1889-1965), Colombia's combative Conservative politician and reviled public figure, serves as the backdrop for this modern history of one of the …
Allen Josephs paints a portrait of life in and around the world's most prestigious bullrings, demonstrating how and why the ""corrida"" (or bullfight) remains a sacred and integral …
Jesuit priest Alonso de Sandoval's important 1627 missionary history, the only existing published document that deals with Africans in the Americas at such an early date, describes …