Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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.

In "La muerte de Artemio Cruz" we are present in the last moments of the lif e of a powerful man, one who was a revolutionary soldier, a lover without passion, and a father without a family. Carlos Fuentes reveals in this novel the thoughts of an elderly man who can no longer fend for himself; the man is confronted with an imminent and torturous death, but his will does not allow him to be defeated.

"Garrido, author of an outstanding historical study of the founding and early years of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, offers the first book-length analysis of the most important internal development within the party's structure: the Corriente Democrática. Analyzes party divisions which produced the Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas presidential candidacy in 1988"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.