En un día como hoy--

Mujeres en el cambio social en el siglo XX mexicano examina, desde las perspectivas biográfica, cultural y de género, las trayectorias políticas y de vida de cinco mujeres militantes y feministas y su intervención en en la esfera pública. Se expone por qué, cómo y cuándo la participación de las mujeres se hizo más evidente en espacios públicos de principios del siglo XX. El análisis aborda no sólo Guadalajara y México, sino también España y América Latina. Los cinco casos son excelentes ejemplos para examinar la construcción de los cambiantes discursos y práctica en torno a ...

Exhibition of the mural and the art surrounding Diego Rivera's famous mural " Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central". Completed in 1947, the mural depicts scenes and people from the Spanish Conquest to the middle of the 20th century. The exhibition is based on the documentary collection of the great collector Ricardo Pérez Escamilla. The exhibition unites in order the documents and original publications that have iconographic roots in the mural. Other works of the epoch have been included to show different imagery or graphics of the images present in the mural as a complement...

"Concerned with the geographical definition of the intendancies and their administrative structure. Excellent maps make this work a useful tool for historical geography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Important study of the Maximato (1928-34) sees Cardenismo as the culmination of - rather than the replacement for - many important political developments under Calles. Concludes that there were 'important differences' but also 'essential overlaps' between Calles and Cárdenas. Cardenismo would not have been possible without the Maximato"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.