Last week was put in circulation the second part of “The History of Santiago de los Caballeros Society: 1900 - 1919” by Edwin Espinal Hernández (winner of the 2020 José Gabriel García History Annual Award” given his outstanding research and publications regarding several aspects of Santiago de los Caballero’s past) at the Centro León in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Frank Moya Pons and Edwin Espinal Hernández each give a speech about the book and the history of Santiago de los Caballeros. One of the thing Frank Moya Pons (and Edwin Espinal Hernández) said is that at that time from 1900 to 1919 only 5 towns in the entire country had refined culture such as libraries/reading books/published books, theatrical performances, intellectuals speeches, (including bringing foreign authors, intellectuals, etc), etc.
In the rest of the country the highest culture exhibited was cockfighting and dancing merengue. What would the DR be without the Cibao? lol
No question today Santiago de los Caballeros and Santo Domingo still have intellectual classes now bigger than ever. A lot of books published in the DR are put in circulation by their authors presentations in one of these two cities. Where else in the DR does this exist? And no, Sosúa is not up there, I’m 1,000% sure of that.
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PS. Edwin Espinal Hernández gives the impression he isn’t done with this research yet. He will be working on a 3rd volume. Santiago de los Caballeros is very lucky to have him, since he is one of the most arduent historians of the city, many times publishing books and papers on different aspects of the city’s past not because there is any money to made, but simply because it has to be done.
Frank Moya Pons and Edwin Espinal Hernández each give a speech about the book and the history of Santiago de los Caballeros. One of the thing Frank Moya Pons (and Edwin Espinal Hernández) said is that at that time from 1900 to 1919 only 5 towns in the entire country had refined culture such as libraries/reading books/published books, theatrical performances, intellectuals speeches, (including bringing foreign authors, intellectuals, etc), etc.
- 4 of them in the Cibao: Santiago de los Caballeros, La Vega, Moca, Puerto Plata.
-1 elsewhere: Santo Domingo
In the rest of the country the highest culture exhibited was cockfighting and dancing merengue. What would the DR be without the Cibao? lol
No question today Santiago de los Caballeros and Santo Domingo still have intellectual classes now bigger than ever. A lot of books published in the DR are put in circulation by their authors presentations in one of these two cities. Where else in the DR does this exist? And no, Sosúa is not up there, I’m 1,000% sure of that.
Encuentro con la memoria | Historia social de Santiago de los Caballeros 1900-1916
El historiador Frank Moya Pons expone los resultados investigativos que sustentan Historia social de Santiago de los Caballeros 1900-1916, la más reciente ob...
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PS. Edwin Espinal Hernández gives the impression he isn’t done with this research yet. He will be working on a 3rd volume. Santiago de los Caballeros is very lucky to have him, since he is one of the most arduent historians of the city, many times publishing books and papers on different aspects of the city’s past not because there is any money to made, but simply because it has to be done.
