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  • La guerra de independencia en el obispado de Michoacán
  • James Krippner
La guerra de independencia en el obispado de Michoacán. José Antonio Serrano Ortega, Coordinador. Zamora, Michoacán: El Colegio de Michoacán: Gobierno del Estado de Michoacán, Secretaría de Cultura, 2010. Pp. 282. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

This volume is a second collection of essays published in 2010. The eight essays provide a thorough introduction to the era of Independence in the state of Michoacán. The text is richly illustrated with an array of maps, portraits, architectural sketches, documents, and other artifacts revealing regional cultural history. The quality of the scholarship is excellent and especially notable for its engagement with local and regional archives. The table of contents is reproduced below, the book also includes a bibliography, a list of illustrations, and an index by place names.

PRESENTACIÓN
José Antonio Serrano Ortega

El gobierno espiritual en el Obispado de Michoacán, 1758-1810
Alberto Carrillo Cázares
Colegios e intelectuales en el Obispado de Michoacán, 1770-1821
Carlos Herrejón Peredo
La economía en Michoacán, siglo XVIII
Jorge Silva Riquer
Michoacán: el Obispado en llamas
Juan Ortiz Escamilla
Campo realista y presencia insurgente, San Luis Potosí, 1808-1821
Graciela Bernal Ruiz
La guerra en la Intendencia de Guanajuato
José Antonio Serrano Ortega
Insurgentes, realistas y trigarantes: guerra y política en la Provincia de Michoacán, 1808-1821
Moisés Guzmán Pérez [End Page 258]
James Krippner
Haverford College
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Copyright © 2012 The Academy of American Franciscan History
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