Saturday, February 27, 2016

El Pensamiento Económico Hispanoamericano en Baquíjano y Carrillo


Arcila Farías, Eduardo, El pensamiento económico hispanoamericano en Baquíjano y Carrillo, Caracas: Consejo Nacional de la Cultura, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos Rómulo Gallegos, 1976.

José Javier Leandro de Baquíjano y Carrillo de Córdoba, III conde de Vistaflorida (1751 - 1817) fue un precursor de la Independencia del Perú.
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Baquíjano escribió El Elogio a Jáuregui en la Universidad de San Marcos en 1781, discurso con el que le dio la bienvenida al virrey Agustín de Jáuregui y en el que destaca su protesta al sistema colonial, pues sabía que el cambio era necesario e ineludible. Sin embargo, no apoyó la ruptura con Españoles.


José Javier de Baquíjano y Carrillo de Córdoba, III Count of Vistaflorida (March 12, 1751, Lima, Peru—January 24, 1817, Seville, Spain) was a Spanish/Peruvian economist and jurist, writer and politician, and one of the first great intellectuals of the Viceroyalty of Peru.
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He was celebrated for his speech welcoming the new viceroy Agustín de Jáuregui to Lima in 1780. This was published in 1781 as El elogio a Jáuregui, and was mixed with strong criticism of the viceregal government.

A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes, 1647-1650 (Abridged)


Ligon, Richard, A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes, 1647-1650 (Abridged), Kingston: Extra-Mural Department, University College of the West Indies, 1950.

Richard Ligon (1585?–1662), a British author, lost his fortune as a royalist during the English Civil War (1642-1651), and during this turbulent time in England he found himself, as he notes in his narrative, a "stranger in my own country." On 14 June 1647, he left for Barbados to gain his fortune in the New World, like many of his fellow countrymen. Ligon purchased half of a sugar plantation in Barbados. After two years residence on the island he was attacked by a fever, and returned to England in 1650. He was soon afterward put into prison by his creditors.

The Folk Culture of the Slaves in Jamaica


Brathwaite, Edward, The folk culture of the slaves in Jamaica, London: New Beacon Books, 1970.

From the George Padmore Institute:
This book sets out in concise terms Brathwaite’s historical argument for the fundamental link between black African cultures and Caribbean folk culture. It makes the case for a productive, synthesised culture emerging from the depravity of transatlantic slavery, a thesis which has since been reiterated and developed widely in work by Paul Gilroy, Stuart Hall and many others.

Friday, February 26, 2016

Guayana Esequiba


Cabrera Sifontes, Horacio, Guayana Esequiba, Caracas: Editorial Arte, 1970.

Lcdo. Américo Fernández:
El ex senador Horacio Cabrera Sifontes, en un libro sobre la Guayana Esequiba dado a la luz y llegado hasta esta corresponsalía por cortesía de él mismo, analiza y comenta importantes documentos existentes sobre los derechos de Venezuela al lindero del Esequibo y pone en evidencia que el título británico de propiedad de tierras emana de los holandeses a quienes España dio territorio del lado oriental del río Esequibo y cuyo punto más cercano de ocupación era Kykoveral.


Guayana Esequiba is the name that Venezuela calls a region that it claims in the west of Guyana. Its area is 159,500 square kilometers. Guyana calls this area the six administrative regions of Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Potaro-Siparuni, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo and Essequibo Islands-West Demerara.

Denmark's National Record Office


Denmark Rigsarkivet, Denmark's National Record Office, Copenhagen: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1948.

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In the Middle Ages the Kings of Denmark seem to have carried their correspondence with them on their travels round about the country. Later the national archives were deposited in the royal castles in Kalundborg and Vordingborg, and were placed under the supervision of a “Custos Capellae”. Not for a generation after the introduction of the Reformation (1536) can one speak of the establishment of a permanent Central Archives or Record Office in Denmark, the most important national archives being collected together in Copenhagen Castle in 1582.

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Marines in Santo Domingo!


Perlo, Victor, Marines in Santo Domingo! New York: New Outlook Publishers, June, 1965. (two copies)

Available online at Political Affairs

Victor Perlo (1912–1999) was a Marxist economist, government functionary, and a longtime member of the governing National Committee of the Communist Party USA.

Historical Dictionary of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands


Farr, Kenneth R., Historical Dictionary of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1973.

From the Introduction:
This dictionary… is in no sense an encyclopedia, but is intended to be a guide and source book to provide factual data on persons, events, historically significant places, geographical and political subdivisions, and a sprinkling of pertinent definitions of terms.