Luis Cabrera

"Detailed study of Michoacán during the governorship of Félix Ireta Viveros. Emphasizes the connections between local and national political processes and argues that, despite the popularity of Cardenismo in Michoacán, Ireta embraced the agenda of the Avila Camacho administration"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"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.

Sharply critical analysis of Mexico's recent round of ambitious structural reforms, particularly of oil industry and finance reforms, which author says show direct line of descent from 18th-century Bourbon reforms, politics of Porfirio Diaz and neoliberal ideals of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, historical antecedents vilified by many on left in Mexico. Author was Mexico's youngest elected governor and is currently serving in Congress.

Selection of the papers presented at the XXIII Encuentro Nacional de Investigadores del Pensamiento Novohispano in Zacatecas in 2010.