This book presents sixty-four essays and writings on liberty and liberalism, for the early republican period to the late twentieth century, from a variety of authors. The volume offers direct access to primary sources that are not available to readers in English and is a key primer to those interested in Latin American history, politics, and political theory.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

A historical account of the Mexican Revolution, detailing the complex web of political and social forces that led to the overthrow of Porfirio Díaz's regime and the establishment of a new government. Drawing on a wealth of primary sources and archival material, this book sheds new light on this pivotal moment in Mexican history and challenges many of the prevailing myths and misconceptions surrounding the event. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A restoration of the agency and influence of free African-descended women in colonial Mexico through their traces in archives “A breathtaking study that places free African-descended women at the nexus of questions about religion, commerce, and the law in colonial Mexico. Danielle Terrazas Williams has produced a dazzling and important contribution to the history of women, family, race, and slavery in the Americas.”—Sophie White, author of Voices of the Enslaved The Capital of Free Women examines how African-descended women strove for dignity in seventeenth-century Mexico. Free women in central Veracruz, sometimes just one generation removed from slavery, purchased land, ran businesses, managed intergenerational wealth, and owned slaves of African descent. Drawing from archives in Mexico, Spain, and Italy, Danielle Terrazas Williams explores the lives of African-descended women across the economic spectrum, evaluates their elite sensibilities, and challenges notions of race and class in the colonial period.