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ResumenEste artículo muestra una faceta de la vida de Lucas Alamán que no ha sido examinada con anterioridad: la importante relación que tuvo con la música de su tiempo. Se aborda la literatura musical que perteneció a este personaje, lo cual amplía el conocimiento de dos elementos fundamentales en la música de fines de la centuria dieciochesca y principios de la siguiente: el jarabe y la guitarra séptima.Palabras clave: Lucas Alamán, manuscritos musicales novohispanos, bailes, jarabes, guitarra séptima. Abstract This article portrays a facet of LucasAlamán's life that has not been previously examined: the important relationship that he had with the sound world of his time. Also, it analyzes the musical literature pertaining to this Mexican author, expanding so, the existing knowledge of two fundamental elements of the music that prevailed in the late 17th and early 18th centuries: the Jarabe and the Seventh Guitar.

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How deep are the roots of Latin America's economic inequalities? In this chapter we survey both the history and the literature about the region's extreme economic disparities, focusing on the most recent academic contributions. We begin by documenting the broad patterns of national and sub-national differences in income and inequality, building on the seminal contributions of Engerman and Sokoloff (2000; 2002, 2005) and aiming to capture different dimensions of inequality. We then proceed thematically, providing empirical evidence and summarizing the key recent studies on colonial institutions, slavery, land reform, education and the role of elites. Finally, we conduct a “replication” exercise with some seminal papers in the literature, extending their economic results to include different measures of inequality as outcomes.