Another Important Donation to our History Collection

Anthony Stevens-Acevedo, CUNY DSI Assistant Director and Historian continues donating to our Library enriching our history section:

Valle Llano, Antonio. La compañía de Jesús en Santo Domingo durante el periodo hispánico. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: Editora Búho, 2011.

La compañía de Jesús en Santo Domingo durante el periodo hispánico published under the auspices of the Academia Dominicana de la Historia [Dominican Academy of History], this is a re-print of a 1950 book that sees the light of the day for the first time since. In this book, Antonio Valle Llano, a Spanish Jesuit who arrived to the Dominican Republic in the 1940s, charts a in depth history of the Society of Jesus during the Spanish colonial period in the Eastern part of the island known as La Española. This publication is a great source for students and researchers working on colonial history. Ultimately, it can further shed light on the role the Catholic Church played as part of the colonial expansionist project in the Americas.

Clío. Órgano de la Academia Dominicana de la Historia, Año 79, Enero-junio de 2010, No. 179,  

Clío. Órgano de la Academia Dominicana de la Historia, Año 79, Julio-diciembre de 2010, No. 180

Clío is a journal published twice a year by the Academia Dominicana de la Historia. Issue # 179 features articles on the sugar and the tobacco industry; Máximo Gómez, Cuba’s war of independence and antillanismo; The War of Restoration and Santiago de Cuba. Additionally, this issue features primary documents pertaining to the Venezuelan-based Dominican anti-Trujillo resistance as well as a list of some of the latest history articles and books published between January and June 2010 compiled by the Academy. Issue # 180 features articles on the first arrival of the Dominican friars to Spanish Santo Domingo; European monarchies in crisis and its subsequent impact in the Caribbean; the first attempt at Dominican independence from the Spanish Crown; The War of Restoration; a book review on a publication that charts the history of the Spanish court system in colonial Santo Domingo from 1511 to 1788 as well as a list of some of the latest history articles and books published between July and December 2010.

By Amaury Rodríguez