In this influential 1925 essay, presented here in Spanish and English, José Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in which joy, lov

Includes an English translation of Vasconcelos' "Mestizaje" from his The cosmic race and his lecture "The race problem in Latin America," one of three Harris Fo

Esta obra es una introducción a los principales temas de la historia mexicana desde la época prehispánica hasta la Revolución de 1910. Escrita con claridad

Land of the Cosmic Race is a richly-detailed ethnographic account of the powerful role that race and color play in organizing the lives and thoughts of ordinary