THE FAMILY IN LATIN AMERICA

Abstract

I welcome the opportunity offered to me by the editors of issue 34, to open this space dedicated to the Ibero-American family in an to open this space dedicated to the Ibero-American family in a publication such as Montalbán such as Montalbán, respectful of the solid academic tradition while at the same time open to new trends in historiography. open to new trends in historiography. I am grateful for the invitation, which I am grateful for the invitation, which allows me to collaborate in this renewal impulse, through the selection of some works some works whose common theme is the family in the Ibero-American world. And whose shared objective is the search for a better understanding of our social history, with the similarities and differences between them. our social history, with the similarities and differences inherent to the different times and the different different times and different regions