Davíd Carrasco
Davíd Carrasco is Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America with a joint appointment in the Department of Anthropology and the Divinity School at Harvard University. He was recently awarded the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle.
Alambrista and the U.S.-Mexico Border
Film, Music, and Stories of Undocumented Immigrants
The critically acclaimed 110-minute film Alambrista (1977) depicts the harsh realities of Mexican life on both sides of the border. For this release, a group of scholars has packaged a new director's cut of the film with a book of essays devoted to immigration and the U.S.-Mexican borderlands and an enhanced CD of the sound track.
- Copyright year: 2004
Say the Name
A Survivor's Tale in Prose and Poetry
The experiences of a fourteen-year-old girl imprisoned in the Ravensbruck concentration camp during World War II. Illustrated with drawings made secretly by other camp inhabitants.
- Copyright year: 2005
Breaking Through Mexico's Past
Digging the Aztecs with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
The life of celebrated Mexican archaeologist Moctezuma tells of a man rising to the challenges of life and a man who has eloquently spoken to the the importance of understanding the roots of civilization.
- Copyright year: 2006
Cave, City, and Eagle's Nest
An Interpretive Journey through the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2
The culmination of recent restoration and analysis, these richly illustrated essays examine the history and meaning of one of Mesoamerica's surviving documents dating from the 1540s.
- Copyright year: 2007
The History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
A new abridgement of Diaz del Castillo’s classic Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva España.
- Copyright year: 2008
Imagining Histories of Colonial Latin America
Synoptic Methods and Practices
Imagining Histories of Colonial Latin America teaches imaginative and distinctive approaches to the practice of history through a series of essays on colonial Latin America.
- Copyright year: 2017
With This Root about My Person
Charles H. Long and New Directions in the Study of Religion
Charles H. Long’s groundbreaking works on Africana religious studies serve as the backdrop to With This Root about My Person.
- Copyright year: 2020