Caminos y transportes en México

"Garrido, author of an outstanding historical study of the founding and early years of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, offers the first book-length analysis of the most important internal development within the party's structure: the Corriente Democrática. Analyzes party divisions which produced the Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas presidential candidacy in 1988"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Superb guide to a collection of documents from 1746-1823 given to Univ. Iberoamericana by philanthropist Manuel Arango Arías. Volume contains many papers relating to Miguel Hidalgo and family, as well as a large group devoted to independence. Excellent indices make this work a model of its kind. Recommended"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

¿Cómo fue que Madero se deslindó de su futuro como empresario para entrar en el mundo de la política? ¿Qué implicó su visión espiritista? ¿Qué pasó realmente en Ciudad Juárez? ¿El respeto a la ley fue su principal problema? Y la pregunta constante que uno podría hacerle a Francisco I. Madero: ¿estábamos listos para la democracia o sólo soltó al tigre, como dijo Porfirio Díaz?--Back cover.

Essays by specialists in several fields that document current Mexican realities and extrapolate what they might portend for country in future. Encompasses wide range of issues and trends, from ethnicity and peasant communities, to church-state relations, unions, environmental concerns, crime, higher education, urban growth, mobility, corruption, democracy and many more. Organized into sections on population, housing and cities; institutions and public policy; and insertion in globalized world.