The article views the peculiar imaginary of Creole patriotism—and the role of myth and prophecy in the elaboration of this discourse—in the context of the role played by images as agents of memory and legitimation, from the colonial world to…

A personal contretemps affecting the early years of Father Francisco Xavier Clavijero’s intellectual life—the harassment of the censors—helps to explain the function and specific features of the cult of St. John Nepomucene in New Spain. In the third decade of…

References on historical and recent earthquakes in Oaxaca City, or that have caused in other localities of the Oaxaca state from 1542 until 1988, are reviewed. Macroseismic data are used to define sets of similar earthquakes. On the basis of…