Beginnings of contemporary Mexico

Filiberto, un hombre de cuarenta años, solitario, amante de las antigüedades prehispánicas mexicanas, empleado en una oficina gubernamental de Ciudad de México, muere ahogado en Acapulco. Su amigo —quien narra la historia—, va a buscar sus restos y en el viaje de regreso a la ciudad lee el diario personal de Filiberto. La transcripción de este diario es el núcleo argumental del relato. Los párrafos iniciales corresponden a días rutinarios, con referencias a encuentros con amigos y reflexiones melancólicas sobre el paso del tiempo y los destinos individuales. Este contenido...

Catalog of the Universidad Iberoamericana's holdings (held at the Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero) of the letters received by Carmen Romero Rubio in her capacity as wife of Porfirio Díaz, president of Mexico. Most material is from 1888 to 1901.

"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.

Author Alejandra Mora explores a fascinating aspect of vernacular photography: the "amplifications in cloth", a long field research that started in the town of San Pablo Huitzo, Etla, Oaxaca, and spanned all the way into Mexico City with the intention of locating the creators of such unique portraits, who using new technologies have managed to satisfy customer demands. Illuminated images that satisfied the popular beauty conceptions of the body, hairstyles, fashion and jewelry, including the wedding photography.