Caminos y transportes en México

Esta obra cubre un tema que hasta ahora ha sido poco explorado: aunque es abundante la historiograf a sobre el M xico novohispano e independiente, el caso particular de los caminos y transportes, a pesar de su relevancia, ha sido escasamente estudiado. Ortiz Hern n subraya la importancia de los caminos y transportes, no s lo Para la vida econ mica y pol tica, sino tambi n Para la vida cultural de la naci n.

"Catalog of the portraits in the National History Museum, which is the most important collection of colonial portraits in Mexico. A small b/w illustration of each work is accompanied by explanatory text and, in some cases, the biographical dates of the individuals portrayed. Provides date, material, size, and provenance. Also contains a biographical list of artists and illustrations of their signatures in the collection, as well as an index of colonial painters from the 16th-18th centuries and some from the 19th-20th centuries"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

A collection of colonial documents and correspondence, 1543-1807, relating to the administration of the region of Tlalnepantlan, Estado de Mexico.

Este libro contiene una muestra representativa del discurso del presidente Vicente Fox Quesada. Su intenci n es dar a conocer el pensamiento, ideas y propuestas que estructuraron y dirigieron las distintas pol ticas sociales y p blicas del gobierno. la discusi n de los problemas nacionales, la participaci n ciudadana, el respeto a los derechos humanos, inclusi n y equidad social, as como la transparencia y rendici n de cuentas son algunos de los temas que se revisan en esta obra.

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.