México, hacia la globalización

"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.

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...

This publication presents a comprehensive study in the context of portraiture and a masterfully realized study of the fundamental stages of Mexico's political events, artistic, social and scientific. It shows how all classes and social groups represented themselves, the visual symbols of power, wealth and collective moral values in New Spain and the evolution in Mexico during Independence as represented by the painters of the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Outstanding works of Spanish artists such as José Joaquín de la Vega, Pelegrí, the Mexican painter Juan...

RESUMEN: En la colección de charlas de café, una de las nietas de Francisco Villa, quien es una reconocida historiadora decide de contar brevemente la vida de Pancho villa; Los motivos de su rebelión, sus inicios como un fugitivo a los 16 años, su lucha por los pobres, su aversión a ser fotografiado, el halo de misterio que lo rodeó, sus relaciones con las mujeres, sus hijos; Y por supuesto el papel primordial que tuvo en la Revolución mexicana, sus ideas sociales, sus enemigos todo esto para comprender un poco más al Centauro del Norte a través de una charla espiritista e informal...