La ideología de la Revolución Mexicana

El asesinato de Álvaro Obregón desencadenó una profunda crisis en el estado mexicano que se prolongó hasta mediados de 1935. Este volumen analiza los principales sucesos de la época: la superación del caudillismo, la derrota de la revolución escobarista, los efectos de la crisis mundial sobre la economía nacional y la más importante lucha política e ideológica que libra el poder político desde 1917. La clase obrera desempeña un papel muy activo, aunque resiente profundamente la crisis: despidos en masa, reducción de jornadas y de salarios, miseria, hambre y represión.

"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.

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.

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...

"Six essays approach the history of Mexican railroads from the perspective of the 'new economic history.' See especially Soto's essays on the relationship between industry and railroads in Monterrey, and Grunstein Dickter on the difference in approach between the científicos and the Carrancistas; however, all essays are important and well done. Recommended"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Revisionist view of the traditional interpretation of 1923 revolt as a reaction against Obregón's imposition of Calles. Authors study four different regional revolts between 1923-24, all with different leaders and provoked by different causes: Rómulo Figueroa in Guerrero, Enrique Estrada in Jalisco, Guadalupe Sánchez in Veracruz, and Fortunato Maycotte in Oaxaca. Rebels failed because of a lack of central control or unifying program. Adolfo de la Huerta played only a 'decorative role' in the armed movement against Obregón"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.