JOURNALISM / CRONICA PERIODISTICA from Alla

NEW ~ Early photo-journalism in Mexico during the Revolution: Photographs by Ezequiel Carrasco and stories by Jose Juan Tablada published in "Revista de Revistas." 163pp. Illus. Fotos & revista images. En espanol / Spanish. Hard to find. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Biography of Peru's famed late-twentieth century "power behind the throne" Vladimiro Montesinos by reporters Bowen and Holligan. 493pp. 11pp photos. Bibliography. En espanol / Spanish. Book is new, unread--light shelf wear to cover. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

Three volumes reproducing "El Editor Constitucional", the first journal to appear in Guatemala after Independence. Con un estudio preliminar por el Doctor Salvador Mendieta. Page numbers run consecutively: Tomo I: - 341pp.; Tomo II: - 592; Tomo III: - 898. En espanol. Apparently pre-owned, yet pages are uncut except for the preface. Entonso, menos el estudio preliminar. Alla pencil on… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ The savage late-nineteenth century military campaigns against an isolated millenarian community, Canudos, in the northeast Brazilian outback by eye-witness journalist Euclides da Cunha. A fascinating episode and a literary classic. Translation and with an Introduction by Samuel Putman. Reprint of the 1944 edition. Includes glossary of specialized regional terms. 532pp. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

PREMIO NACIONAL DE PERIODISMO. Legendaria publicacion literaria Mexicana legado de Edmundo Valades. Fundada en 1939 por Valades, publicaron 150 numeros hasta el ultimo en diciembre 1999. El consejo de redaccion incluyo los escritores mexicanos mas reconocidos. Ademas de cuentos de todo el mundo y todas las epocas, la revista ofrecio textos teoricos sobre el cuento, resenas… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition of Antonio Nunez Jimenez's account of his epic canoe trip from the Amazon to Cuba via twenty countries and many Indigenous settlements, with a prologue by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 320pp. Map, photographs. En espanol / Spanish. Light shelf wear to cover, pages yellowed, Alla stamp on front end paper, and original price sticker on front cover. This edition… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ Anthology of essays and reflections by Mexican author Salvador Elizondo. 190pp. Numbered edition of 3000, No. 0756. From shop inventory with shelf wear--crease to front cover and first four pages. See photo. Priced accordingly. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ A collection of essays and reflections by Salvador Elizondo. Numbered edition of 3000–No. 0806. Confrontaciones: Los Relatores. 190pp. Light shelf wear, erasure on front end paper. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Anthology of articles with photographs published in El Dictamen about contemporary issues in Veracruz--including Indigenous rights, workers issues, rebellious priests, campesino assasination--by prize-winning journalist Luis Velazquez Rivera (Paso de Ovejas, Veracruz, 1947). Gano el Premio Nacional de Periodismo en 1982. Primera reimpresion de la primera edition en 1984. 236pp. Copy is new, but slightly warped at the binding;… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ Firmado por el autor en 2013. Cronicas (short journalistic essays) by Uruguay's prize-winning author Eduardo Galeano dating from 1963 - 1988. Signed by the author on the title page in 2013 during a visit to our bookstore and cultural center Alla, in Santa Fe, NM. 392pp. En espanol / Spanish. Light rubbing to cover. Light pencil and erasure… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ Lorenzo Meyer dissected the Mexican political system in a series of essays published between 1992 and 1995 in the Mexico, D.F. daily newspapers Excelsior and Reforma. This book is not a simple reproduction of those essays, but a selection and reworking by Meyer of some of the central themes and the historical context. Oceano collection: Con Una Cierta… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ Twentieth-century guerrilla movements in Chihuahua, Mexico (especially the 1960s, but also 1920s-30s and 70s) by award-winning journalist Javier Horacio Contreras Orozco (1956, Chihuahua, Mexico). Ha ejercido el periodismo por mas de quarenta anos e imparte clases en la Facultad de Filosofia y Letras de la Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua. Doctorado en Informacion, Universidad de la Laguna, Tenerife. Coleccion… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ A collection of short essays by prize-winning Angolan-born Pepetela, written in 1978 and first published in 1985. Includes a glossary. "O Cao e os Caluandas e um conjunto de cronicas sobre a sociedade angolana em tempos de crise e de mudanca." 178pp. In the original Portuguese / em portugues. Hard to find! In stock at Alla, Santa Fe,… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ Anthology of short journalistic articles or cronicas documenting events in Lisbon during the turbulent 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Maria Judite de Carvalho (born 1921) wrote for prominent Portuguese newspapers and is known for her clear prose. Antologia organizada e prefaciada por Ruth Navas / Jose Manuel Esteves. 303pp. Em portuguese / Portugues. Minor shelf wear: bent front cover… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ Mexico's famed Art Historian Manuel Toussaint eloquently described his personal observations of Oaxaca and Tasco (early 20thC) in this large type edition illustrated with prints by Francisco Diaz de Leon. 174pp. In stock at Alla, Santa Fe, NM. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Naraciones de primera mano de 7 importantes participantes en "la violencia" (1940-51). Obra obligada para la historia de Colombia. Illustrations. 242pp. Brand new. In original plastic wrap. En espanol / Spanish. IN STOCK. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Bilingual: Prologo/prologue by Elena Poniatowska; Introduccion/Introduction by the editors. Over 50 cyber selections by many well-known literary figures. Additional publishers: Centro de Investigaciones sobre America del Norte, The Colorado College, Whittier College. Edition of 1000. 316pp. New, slight shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days.

NEW ~ Twenty-one illustrated articles originally published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, Century Illustrated Magazine, and Atlantic Monthly in facsimile. Dating to 1854-1895, they cover Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The scholarly introduction by Vargas highlights the influence of the developing "scientific" racism of the time on these authors and observes that the illustrations… Saber más sobre este artículo

NEW ~ Journalist from the Diario de Juarez describes a city on the U.S.-Mexican border faced with epic challenges ~ in three chapters: history, politics, society. Index of names. 325 pp. Slight shelf wear. En espanol / Spanish. In stock ~ usually ship in 1-3 days.

Edited by Rafael Rodriguez Castaneda, with the reporters of the magazine Proceso, this book brings together interviews, articles, and cronicas tracing the origins and activities of El Chapo. "...en este libro ofrecemos una suerte de pelicula sobre el origen, encumbramiento y fragmentos de la azarosa vida de El Chapo Guzman...." 223 pp. En espanol / Spanish. Cover worn; interior in… Saber más sobre este artículo