No. 12 - Revista de Temas Nicaragüenses

Revista de Temas Nicaragüenses No. 12 (Abril 2009)
Libros para Leer
From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State, and Federation in Central America, 1759–1839. By
Jordana Dym (Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 2006) 390 pp. $45.00
“Dym focuses on the importance of municipal governance even as those corporate bodies
gradually lost sovereignty to the emerging nations of Central America. Dym deftly combines an investigation
of both political theory and practice, drawing from official gazettes, proclamations, constitutions,
correspondence, and minutes from the meetings of bodies ranging from town councils to
imperial parliaments held in archives in Spain, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
“The initial absence of strong provincial authorities meant that elected town councils took
the lead in declaring their independence (variously from Spain, Mexico, and rival Central American
capitals). Throughout the ensuing decades, however, this oft-noted fragmentation of the colonial
Kingdom of Guatemala was counterbalanced by the appeals of the smaller towns to authorities at
the level of the emerging nations to resolve local disputes.
“Dym convincingly documents the enfranchisement and political participation of men with
African heritage. Although she acknowledges that the consequences for the Indians were mixed, she
provides relatively little information about this significant sector of the population.”
[Excerpt from review by Sarah C. Chambers, University of Minnesota, published by Journal of Interdisciplinary
History Volume 39, Number 1, Summer 2008, E-ISSN: 1530-9169 Print ISSN: 0022-
1953.
Libros recibidos
Agradezco a Aldo Guerra Duarte el regalo de todos estos libros. Recibí un segundo ejemplar
de Don Vicente Quadra, Lección histórica de gobernante ejemplar directamente de su autor Dr. Jorge
Eduardo Arellano.
Mendieta Chávez, Guillermo, Militares Centroamericanos, Factor de liberación o Centuriones a Sueldo, Fontana,
California: Jupiter Publication, sin fecha
Arellano, Jorge Eduardo, El Beisbol en Nicaragua: Rescate histórico y cultural (1889-1948), 2da. edición,
Managua: Academia Nicaragüense de la Lengua, 2008
Arellano, Jorge Eduardo, Don Vicente Quadra, Lección histórica de gobernante ejemplar, Managua: Academia
Nicaragüense de la Lengua, 2008
Boletín Nicaragüense de Bibliografía y Documentación No. 117, La Política Exterior de nicaragua a
Través de su correspondencia Oficial (1889-1991), Managua: Banco Central de Nicaragua, Octubre-
Diciembre 2002
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