Luis González and González (1925-2003) was a Mexican historian and writer who dedicated his professional life to researching and studying the process of the Mexican Revolution and the presidential periods of his country. Due to his meticulous style of investigating certain issues and phenomena of the past, he has been considered the creator of microhistory..
González's texts were about historical events, which he narrated with a pleasant and attractive tone for the reader. The author used clear and precise language, easy to understand. Most of his works were essays published in newspapers, magazines, books, and encyclopedias..
Some of the best known works of this Mexican intellectual were: The Indian in the liberal era, The Congress of Anáhuac, People in suspense, Triumphant Liberalism Y The Mexican economy in the time of Juárez. For all this, Luis González y González was recognized with several awards throughout his life.
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Luis was born on October 11, 1925 in the town of San José de Gracia in Michoacán, into a cultured and traditional family. His parents were Luis González Cárdenas and Josefina González. He lived his early childhood years in Guadalajara because the town where he was born was evacuated by a fire.
González y González returned to San José in 1929, where he received the first teachings from his parents and private teachers. In 1938 the writer finished elementary school and went with his family back to Guadalajara where he completed his training at the Institute of Sciences of the Society of Jesus.
Once he finished high school, young Luis decided to study law at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, but did not complete his training. After that he enrolled in the Center for Historical Studies of El Colegio de México in 1946, in that institution he trained as a historian.
Along with his studies in history, González also trained in letters and philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Later, he made several specializations in institutions in his country and in some European ones, such as the Collêge de France and the Sorbonne University in Paris..
González y González began their first professional work in the field of teaching. In 1953 he began as a history teacher at the National School of Anthropology and History and at UNAM. Four years later, the Colegio de México appointed him director of the Seminary of Sources of Contemporary History of Mexico.
The historian began his work as a writer in the 1960s. His first post was titled The Congress of Anahuac and saw the light in 1963. That same year he was in charge of directing and coordinating the Center for Historical Studies, there he was until 1965.
In 1968, he is a writer, he released one of his best-known works People in suspense. Microhistory of San José de Gracia.
The professional life of Luis González and González continued to grow constantly. Between 1970 and 1973 he was in charge of the Center for Historical Studies for the second time. At the same time he published The land where we are and Invitation to microhistory.
The historian was in charge of organizing the Seminar on the History of the Mexican Revolution from 1973 to 1980. In the eighties he made known Michoacán, The days of President Cárdenas Y The love. During that time many of his investigations came out in Mexican History, Dialogues Y Turns.
Luis González's life passed until the end of his days dedicated to his work as a historian. They joined the list of his publications New invitation to microhistory, Everything is history Y Travel through the history of Mexico.
During the last two decades of his life, the historian received some recognitions, among which were the National History Prize and the Belisario Domínguez Medal. Luis González y González died on December 13, 2003 in the city where he was born..
- Member of the Mexican Academy of History from 1972 to 2003, he held the VI chair.
- Corresponding member of the Académie des Sciencies, Agriculture, Arts et Belles Lettres de Aix en Provence since 1974, France.
- Member of El Colegio Nacional since 1978.
- National Prize for History, Social Sciences and Philosophy in 1983.
- Member of the Mexican Academy of Language since 1987.
- Great cross of Alfonso X El Sabio in 1999, Spain.
- Honorary Doctorate from the Michoacan University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo in 2001.
- Belisario Domínguez Medal of the Senate of the Republic in 2003, Mexico.
The literary style of Luis González y González was characterized by the use of a simple, precise and easily understood language for the reader. The historian gave his works a pleasant tone and rhythm, so that the public would not get bored with the historical content. Thoroughness and research excelled.
- The Indian in the liberal era.
- The Congress of Anahuac (1963).
- People in suspense. Microhistory of San José de Gracia (1968).
- The trade of history.
- The land where we are (1971).
- Invitation to microhistory (1972).
- The magic of New Spain.
- Triumphant Liberalism (1975).
- The round of generations.
- The architects of Cardenismo (1978).
- Zamora (1978).
- Sahuayo (1979).
- Michoacan (1980).
- The days of President Cárdenas (nineteen eighty one).
- The love (1982).
- Gallery of the Reformation.
- Jerónimo de Mendieta. Life and passion.
- The Mexican economy in the time of Juárez.
- New invitation to microhistory.
- Everything is history.
- Academic history and the public's grudge.
- Three ways to chronicle.
- The return of the chronicle.
- The periodic advances of the Mexican Revolution.
- The protagonists of the Reformation and the Mexican Revolution.
- Eleven essays on the insurgent theme.
- The presidents of Mexico before the nation.
- San José de Gracia, Michoacán.
- Daniel Cosío Villegas, Eagle Knight of the Revolution.
- Modern history of Mexico.
- Travel through the history of Mexico.
- From teachers and colleagues.
- “Homeland and Homeland. The subtle revolution of Luis González ".
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