Un militar realista en la independencia de México Diario personal del oficial de infantería Modesto de la Torre (29  de mayo 1821 - 4 de junio 1822)

• Main Author: Guarisco, Claudia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Madrid Casa de Velázquez 2021
• Series: Sources de la Casa de Velázquez
• Subjects: European history; History of the Americas; Gender studies: men; Mexico; nationalism; masculinity; independence; diary
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The personal diary that Modesto de la Torre wrote between 1821 and 1822 reflects the perceptions of a young royalist military man about a New Spain that was gaining independence from the Peninsula to become a Mexican Empire. The author traveled from Cadiz to Mexico City with the retinue that accompa...