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.

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...

"Deben destacarse en primer lugar algunos de los apsectos documentales de la obra: un escrito teológico de Eguiara y Eguren traducido y presentado por Mauricio Beuchot; y 'El Prólogo a las Selectas Disertaciones Mexicanas,' traducido y con una introducción de Roberto Heredia Correa. Sin agotar la lista de las contribuciones indicamos que Ernesto de la Torre Villar tiene a su cargo la presentación del volumen y es autor de tres trabajos sobre Eguiara y Eguren, dos de ellos en relación con otras figuras: José Antonio de Villaseñor y Sánchez, y Fray Juan de Zumárraga"--Handbook of Latin ...

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...