Author: Silvia Arrom

A Review of The Capital of Free Women: Race, Legitimacy, and Liberty in Colonial Mexico

Jun 9, 2022 | Book Reviews, Book Talk, Eyes on COVID-19

Ever since James Lockhart published Spanish Peru in 1968, historians of colonial Latin America have mined the notarial archives to illuminate the daily lives of people who were largely…

The Societies Of St. Vincent De Paul In Mexico

May 15, 2002 | Giving and Volunteering in the Americas, Roots of Philanthropy in Latin America

The Mexican volunteers established institutions such as schools, shelters, soup kitchens, lending libraries, and credit unions for the urban poor. They pioneered adult education and helped …

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