Bajo las nubes de México

"Examines Madero's economic ideas and his approach to various economic issues, including labor-management relations, agrarian reform, and fiscal policy. Argues that Madero's economic policies fell somewhere between 19th-century Liberalism and a more modern interventionism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

In "La muerte de Artemio Cruz" we are present in the last moments of the lif e of a powerful man, one who was a revolutionary soldier, a lover without passion, and a father without a family. Carlos Fuentes reveals in this novel the thoughts of an elderly man who can no longer fend for himself; the man is confronted with an imminent and torturous death, but his will does not allow him to be defeated.

¿Nos movemos? No es fácil contestar esta pregunta. Poco se sabe sobre la movilidad social en México. La pobreza y la desigualdad en la distribución de la riqueza han sido los dos temas que tradicionalmente han acaparado la atención cuando se abordan los problemas de la sociedad. Y sin embargo, la movilidad social --o más bien su falta-- merece ser reconocida como uno de los grandes males sociales que nos afligen. Al dar a conocer los resultados de la primera encuesta nacional sobre movilidad social que se ha elaborado en nuestro país, este libro busca ofrecer elementos de análisis...

This work contains fresh information located at the Sergei Eisenstein Museum and in his personal archive, both located in Moscow, which clearly indicates that there is still more to say about the Soviet director's unfinished movie, financed by Upton Sinclair. The discovery of the first version of the screenplay as well as books on Mexico and bullfight programs enables the manner in which the film developed and was structured through short stories to be reconsidered.