La gran década nacional, o, Relación histórica de la guerra de reforma, intervención extranjera y gobierno del archiduque Maximiliano, 1857-1867

El autor, profesor emérito de la universidad de Kyoto, nos muestra un libro que trata, en definitiva, de que el lector conciba a Japón «como una civilización diferente de la suya y no sólo como un país de costumbres exóticas y extrañas».

"Porfirio Díaz, president of Mexico (1876-1880, 1884-1911), dominated his country during a crucial phase in its development as a modern nation. This profile places the regime in its appropriate nineteenth-century context, highlighting the difficulty of implementing liberal policies in societies with strong colonial traditions, and of balancing material development with order and stability"--Back cover.

La Comisión Científica del Pacífico, última de las grandes expediciones enviadas a América, recopiló gran información sobre estudios hidrográficos, físicos, meteorológicos, etc. Entre los expedicionarios se encontraba Rafael Castro Ordóñez, dibujante y fotógrafo, que nos proporcionó interesantes documentos del viaje. Este libro reproduce principalmente las fotografías realizadas en California. Agradecimientos: A la Biblioteca Tomás Navarro del Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales del CSIC, así como al Archivo del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, su colaboración...

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