Today’s episode features an entertaining and illuminating conversation about Mexico, the United States, and drugs, between Steven and Dr. Benjamin T. Smith of the University of Warwick. Smith is the author of the new book, The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade, which analyzes a series of Read more…
Dr. Sarah Osten and Dr. Jurgen Buchenau joined Steven to discuss the first three years of Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s presidency and the recent midterm elections.
Congratulations to former SECOLAS president Stephen Morris on the publication of his new book The Corruption Debates: Left vs. Right—and Does It Matter—in the Americas
Dr. Michele McArdle Stephens joined Steven to discuss her book *In the Lands of Fire and Sun: Resistance and Accommodation in the Huichol Sierra, 1723–1930*. Link to her book: www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803288584/ Link to Intro / Outro: Huichol Musical – youtu.be/ABL1xc_oEtE
Dr. William Booth, the author of “Rethinking Latin America’s Cold War” published in The Historical Journal, joined Steven and Dustin to, well, rethink Latin America’s Cold War. They examine the historiography of the Cold War in Latin America before discussing the long and layered history of conflict in the region. Read more…
Dustin talked about some of his favorite subjects – including economic development, supranational institutions, and global governance – with one of the sharpest minds in the field, Dr. Christy Thornton. Thornton takes us through the key arguments in her new book, Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Read more…
La Dra. Christine Arce habla de su libro Mexico’s Nobodies: The Cultural Legacy of the Soldadera and Afro-Mexican Women con Carmen Soliz.
Dr. Sarah Osten, associate professor of history at the University of Vermont, joined Steven to discuss the complex story of state consolidation in Mexico following the cessation of revolutionary violence and nationwide fighting. Historias Podcast · Historias 107 – State Consolidation in Post-Revolutionary Mexico with Sarah Osten “Out of the Read more…
Dr. Pablo Palomino joined Steven to discuss his new book The Invention of Latin American Music: A Transnational History. Historias Podcast · Historias 102 – Pablo Palomino on the invention of Latin American music Intro/Outro: El Manisero – youtu.be/sj7NfrrnaKEArgentinaBrazilMexicomusicLatin America musicMemoriaAbiertaculturalhistory
Dr. David Dalton joined Steven to discuss his book entitled Mestizo Modernity: Race, Technology, and the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico. Historias Podcast · Historias 97 – Technology and the Body in Postrevolutionary Mexico with David Dalton After the end of the Mexican Revolution in 1917, postrevolutionary leaders hoped to assimilate Read more…