Colección documental sobre la independencia mexicana

The main body of the book is the facsimile and transcription of the collection of themanuscript and typed letters and telegraphs mailed between artist Frida Kahlo and doctor LeoEloesser, and enriched with contributions written by experts in art and medicine such as CarlosMonsivais, Teresa del Conde, Juan Pascoe, and others. The group of letters corresponds to 3phases covering from 1936 to 1951: The first part reflects a courteous friendship and a paternalrelationship of total confidence and where she consults him for all medical and personal matters.The second part of the correspondence airs...

En ésta novela se retratan con detalle y empatía la despesperanzada vida de los ferrocarrileros en México de mediados del siglo xx, sus batallas laborales y su miseria, la ilusión de una huelga redentora y la severidad de la traición. Por estas páginas atraviesa un fantasmal José Trigo, más símbolo que protagonista, y un conjunto de personajes doloridos, víctimas del drama cristero de los años treinta, de la corrupción sindical de las décadas posteriores y del inequitativo progreso de la nación. [From back cover.]

"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.

"Collection of newspaper articles by and about Esquivel Obregón, who served as Huerta's treasury secretary. Emphasizes his economic thought"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.