Ferrocarriles y vida económica en México, 1850-1950

Este trabajo tiene por objeto analizar el estado de los servicios de agua potable y saneamiento en los países de América Latina y el Caribe al inicio del siglo XXI.

"This interview provides excellent insights into the life of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, leader of the Partido de la Revolución Democrática. Discusses his personal and political motivations, his experience as the son of a Mexican president, and the consequences of this upbringing"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Isabela Huffman is a precocious 8 1/2-year-old girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She's dramatic. She sings on the bus, screams like a baby after putting chile powder on her fresh mango and convinces her mom to buy five pair of new shoes for a big family. No matter how many times her mom asks her to just sit down like a normal little girl, she just can't help getting up to take more pictures of her adventures. When will Isabela...

Los años noventa son recordados por sus promesas: el fin de la luchas ideológicas, la supuesta entrada de México al prestigioso club del primer mundo, la llegada de un régimen global, democrático y multicultural. Sergio González Rodríguez, célebre por analizar la violencia que se desató en nuestro país tras la ruptura de cada una de estas ilusiones, nos ofrece en este libro la memoria franca y personalísima de esos días que sellaron un milenio--Page 4 of cover.