Caminos y transportes en México

Orígenes del estancamiento del siglo XIX, 1780-1820. La depresión económica inmediata y sus secuelas, 1820-1840. Recuperación lenta y gradual (1850 a 1870). El Porfiriato. Integración del mercado y expansión económica (1880-1913).

El presente volumen reune los trabajos presentados durante el Congreso Internacional Sor Juana y su Mundo: Una mirada Actual, organizado por Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana en 1995. Este congreso significo para dicha Universidad la realizacion de uno de sus objetivos: contribuir al estudio, a la reflexion y difusion de la vida, del pensamiento, de la obra y del mundo de sor Juana.

Describes how the economy of Mexico developed during the colonial period by combining indigenous and Spanish institutions and discusses major changes in agriculture, mining, and commerce.

Catalogue of an exhibition organized within the framework of the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the Independence and the Centennial of the Revolution that explore how the national heroes were portrayed in art in the early 19th century. An interesting inclusion is the iconography of national heroes in relation to the sculptures of classic antiquity. The exhibition includes close to 110 pieces including sculptures, paintings, prints, photography, books, manuscripts and some magazines largely produced in the 19th Century in México and Europe.