Mexican Public Intellectuals (Literatures of the Americas) by D. Castillo,S. Day

By D. Castillo,S. Day

In Mexico, the participation of intellectuals in public lifestyles has consistently been remarkable, and for plenty of the cost could be excessive. Highlighting well-liked figures that experience made incursions into matters similar to elections, human rights, overseas coverage, and the drug battle, this quantity paints an image of the ever-changing context of Mexican intellectualism.

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