México, hacia la globalización

"El libro "Ensayos sobre pensamiento mexicano" es una propuesta reflexiva que reúne seis diferentes acercamientos a un tema común: México en el contexto del siglo XX. Los capítulos que lo integran se entrelazan a partir de dos horizontes de análisis, por un lado, el amplio espectro de la cultura con la diversidad de pliegues y posibilidades discursivas que le distinguen, y por el otro, la controversia siempre emergente que caracteriza a la esfera política. En esta confrontación y complementariedad radica el principal aporte del texto, al brindar los elementos esenciales para un trabajo ...

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.

Letter from Ramos Arizpe to the governor of San Luis Potosi, informs him that a chain of prisoners will soon be passing through San Luis Potosi on their way to promote colonies in Texas, and that the governor should add his prisoners to the chain.

Draft of report commenting on a plan proposed by Reginald Carey Brenton for organizing the Mexican Armada, with information on naval history, and a plea for the establishment of a naval academy.