Las intendencias de la Nueva España

"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.

Mexico is a country with a great history, from the ancient civilizations to nowadays. This book gather the most important events in Mexico's history. Ideal for students, investigations and persons interested in general culture.

Essays by specialists in several fields that document current Mexican realities and extrapolate what they might portend for country in future. Encompasses wide range of issues and trends, from ethnicity and peasant communities, to church-state relations, unions, environmental concerns, crime, higher education, urban growth, mobility, corruption, democracy and many more. Organized into sections on population, housing and cities; institutions and public policy; and insertion in globalized world.

"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