Historia de la vida cotidiana en México

Este cuarto volumen narra los cambios y vivencias del siglo XIX. Desligarse formalmente de Espana no provoco cambios inmediatos en la vestimenta ni en la comida y mucho menos en la mentalidad de los diversos sectores de la poblacion. Pero, al poco tiempo, la cultura material se fue transformando. Las casas se construian de distinta manera, otros ingredientes hicieron su aparicion en la cocina, la educacion se volvio mas utilitarista, la moral mas laica, el culto religioso mas de espacios privados. Bienes y vivencias antes desconocidos -la luz electrica o el transporte en tranvia- se volvieron ...

El segundo volumen del epistolario de Plutarco Elas Calles completa la publicacin de un amplio repertorio documental -840 papeles, entre cartas, telegramas, memoranda e informes-, procedente del acervo personal del expresidente y resguardado por el Fideicomiso Archivos Plutarco Elas Calles y Fernando Torreblanca

"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.

"Revisionist view of the traditional interpretation of 1923 revolt as a reaction against Obregón's imposition of Calles. Authors study four different regional revolts between 1923-24, all with different leaders and provoked by different causes: Rómulo Figueroa in Guerrero, Enrique Estrada in Jalisco, Guadalupe Sánchez in Veracruz, and Fortunato Maycotte in Oaxaca. Rebels failed because of a lack of central control or unifying program. Adolfo de la Huerta played only a 'decorative role' in the armed movement against Obregón"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"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.