Professor Scardaville teaches an introductory survey of Latin American history, undergraduate courses on colonial Latin America and Mexico, a senior seminar on human rights in Latin America, and graduate courses on various aspects of Mexican and Latin American history. His most recent publications include “Justice by Paperwork: A Day in the Life of a Court Scribe in Bourbon Mexico City,” “Los procesos judiciales y la autoridad del Estado: reflexiones en torno a la administración de la justicia criminal y la legitimidad en la ciudad de México, desde finales de la Colonia, hasta principios del México independiente,” “Trabajadores, grupo doméstico y supervivencia durante el periodo colonial tardío en la Ciudad de México, o ‘La familia pequeña no vive major.
Articles
Justice by Paperwork: A Day in the Life of a Court Scribe in Bourbon Mexico City, Journal of Social History (2003)
Looking Backward Toward the Future: An Assessment of the Public History Movement, Public Historian (1987)
Alchohol Abuse and Tavern Reform in Late Colonial Mexico, Hispanic American Historical Review (1980)
Book Reviews
Las audiencias y las administración de justicia en las Indias, by Eduardo Martiré, Hispanic American Historical Review (2008)
A review of Las audiencias y las administración de justicia en las Indias, by Eduardo...
Latin America and Its People, by Cheryl Martin and Mark Wasserman, Hispanic American Historical Review (2006)
A review of Latin America and Its People, by Cheryl Martin and Mark Wasserman
The Legal Culture of Northern New Spain, 1700-1810, by Charles R. Cutter, Hispanic American Historical Review (1998)
A review of The Legal Culture of Northern New Spain, 1700-1810, by Charles R. Cutter
Sintesis e indice de los mandamientos virreinales, 1548-1553, by Peter Gerhard, Hispanic American Historical Review (1997)
A review of Sintesis e indice de los mandamientos virreinales, 1548-1553, by Peter Gerhard
The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in Colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720 , by R. Douglas Cope, Ethnohistory (1996)
A review of The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in Colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720,...