Colección documental sobre la independencia mexicana

"Como en un gran mural, Córdova despliega las ideas, los proyectos ideológicos y la actividad de sus grandes protagonistas, para mostrarnos la coherencia interna que se oculta bajo la turbulencia del periodo revolucionario. Revolución política y no social, la que encabezó Madero en 1910 sólo podía conducir a la realización del proyecto prefigurado por los teóricos más lúcidos del porfirismo: crear un poderoso Estado nacional e impulsar el desarrollo capitalista."--Amazon

An autobiographical testimony as told by Héctor García (b. México 1923), one of the most influential photojournalists in Mexico during the first half of the 20th century, illustrated with a large number of full-page black and white plates of famous personages like Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Pedro Infante, Maria Felix, along unique images of important events. Author Rivera who dedicated close to 5 years defines this editorial project as "Thanks to this extraordinary photographer and thorough chronicler, the reader has the great opportunity to be taken into those passages of the cultural,...

"Series of important papers on all facets of Mexico's integration with the world economy. Topics vary from the price of petroleum, to maquiladoras, NAFTA, external debt, etc. Of particular interest is the introduction contributed by former finance minister Jesús Silva Herzog F"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Congressional decree of 29 May 1811 extending military honors to the Consejo de Regencia and thanking the military of New Spain for its loyalty to the crown.