Luis González y González (11 October 1925 – 13 December 2003) was a Mexican historian from San José de Gracia,

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. He was an expert on the

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and Mexican presidentialism. He published several articles in prestigious Spanish-language journals such as ''Historia de América'', ''América Indígena'', ''Vuelta'', ''Nexos'', and also ''Cahiers d'histoire mondiale''. He was editor in chief of ''Historia Mexicana'', a leading journal on Mexican history published by

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, where he was a researcher and a professor for many years. He is considered a pioneer of microhistorical studies, especially for his book ''Pueblo en vilo'' (1968) about his hometown in the Western Mexican state of

. He studied law in the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and history in

, the

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, and Sorbonne in Paris. He was associated with the

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and the

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. He was Director of the Center for Historical Studies at El Colegio de México, founder and president of El Colegio de Michoacán and a tenured researcher at the Mexican

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. He was a member of the

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(1972-2003), the

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, and the Académie des Sciences, Agriculture, Arts et Belles Lettres in

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, France. He was elected a member of El Colegio Nacional, probably the most exclusive institution of Mexican intellectuals. He was awarded with the National Prize of History, Social Sciences and Philosophy (1983), the Great Cross of Alphonse X the Wise granted by the Spanish king

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(1999), an honorary doctorate by the Michoacán University (2001), the

Belisario Domínguez Belisario Domínguez Palencia (April 25, 1863 in Comitán, Chiapas – October 7, 1913 in Mexico City) was a Mexican physician and liberal politician. He served as Senate of Mexico, senator and gave a memorable Speech (public address), speech i ...

medal granted by the Mexican Senate (2003), and he was a scholar for the French government and the

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Publications

*El indio en la era liberal *El oficio de historiar *Invitación a la microhistoria (1972) *La magia de la Nueva España *La querencia (1982) *La ronda de las generaciones *Los artífices del cardenismo (1978) *Los días del presidente Cárdenas (1981) *Galería de la Reforma *Jerónimo de Mendieta. Vida y pasión *La economía mexicana en la época de Juárez *Nueva invitación a la microhistoria *Pueblo en vilo. Microhistoria de San José de Gracia (1968) *Todo es historia *La historia académica y el rezongo del público *Tres maneras de la crónica *El regreso de la crónica *El Congreso de Anáhuac (1963) *Los balances periódicos de la Revolución Mexicana *La tierra donde estamos (1971) *Liberalismo triunfante (1975) *Zamora (1978) *Sahuayo (1979) *Michoacán (1980) *La ronda de las generaciones (1984) *Los protagonistas de la Reforma y la Revolución Mexicana *Once ensayos del tema insurgente *Los presidentes de México ante la nación *San José de Gracia, Michoacán *Daniel Cosío Villegas, caballero águila de la Revolución *Historia moderna de México (coord. Daniel Cosío Villegas) / La República Restaurada / La vida social *De maestros y colegas *El Liberalismo Triunfante Matria & Patria, La revolución sutil de Luis Gonzalez" (2015), El Colegio de Jalisco/ Ariel acques Lafaye edit.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Luis 1925 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Mexican historians Writers from Michoacán University of Paris alumni Mexican expatriates in France