En el año en el que se conmemoran 75 años del exilio español en México, la aparición de una obra como esta plantea, una vez más la diversidad de perspectivas desde las que puede analizarse este hecho histórico. "El exilio es el relato de un fracaso que quiere ser fecundo", fecundo en el análisis de la propia e intempestiva nueva realidad, del papel del exiliado, desde esa su condición, frente a aquel que lo ha recibido.

Este libro tiene por objeto hacer una historia de la inmigracion republicana a Mexico, y con esta historia un recuento de lo que nuestros huespedes, hoy compatriotas, han dado al pais. Esta obra reune los comentarios de: Jose Alameda, Fernando Benitez, Raul Cardiel Reyes, Jose de la Colina, Jose Cueli, Efrain Huerta, Francisco Martinez de la Vega, Salvador Reyes Nevares, Luis Suarez y Leopoldo Zea, entre otros.

Agust Nieto-Galan argues that chemistry in the twentieth century was deeply and profoundly political. Far from existing in a distinct public sphere, chemical knowledge was applied in ways that created strong links with industrial and military projects, and national rivalries and international endeavours, that materially shaped the living conditions of millions of citizens. It is within this framework that Nieto-Galan analyses how Spanish chemists became powerful ideological agents in different political contexts, from liberal to dictatorial regimes, throughout the century. He unveils chemists' position of power in Spain, their place in international scientific networks, and their engagement in fierce ideological battles in an age of extremes. Shared discourses between chemistry and liberalism, war, totalitarianism, religion, and diplomacy, he argues, led to advancements in both fields.

Unwelcome Exiles. Mexico and the Jewish Refugees from Nazism, 1933–1945 reconstructs a largely unknown history: during the Second World War, the Mexican government closed its doors to Jewish refugees expelled by the Nazis. In this comprehensive investigation, based on archives in Mexico and the United States, Daniela Gleizer emphasizes the selectiveness and discretionary implementation of post-revolutionary Mexican immigration policy, which sought to preserve mestizaje—the country’s blend of Spanish and Indigenous people and the ideological basis of national identity—by turning away foreigners considered “inassimilable” and therefore “undesirable.” Through her analysis of Mexico’s role in the rescue of refugees in the 1930s and 40s, Gleizer challenges the country’s traditional image of itself as a nation that welcomes the persecuted. This book is a revised and expanded translation of the Spanish El exilio incómodo. México y los refugiados judíos, 1933-1945, which received an Honorable Mention in the LAJSA Book Prize Award 2013.