Ferrocarriles y vida económica en México, 1850-1950

En 1946, ya mace mas de sesenta anos, llego por primera vez a México el historiador francés François Chevalier (1914-2012). Becario del Institut français d'Amérique Latine (IFAL), fue coutratado para ultimar su tesis doctoral sobre la gran propiedad en Nueva Espana. Defendida su tesis en 1949, fue nombrado director del mismo Instituto, funcion que cumplio hasta 1962. Director de una institucion francesa en el extranjero, en un periodo tan complejo y fértil como aquel de la inmediata post segunda querra mondial, promovio un espacio de encuentro y de debate para los investigadores de las...

"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.

"Translation into Spanish of an important early-18th-century report on the social and economic conditions of New Spain by a Frenchman at the service of Spain. The report offered many suggestions on improving the trade and economy of New Spain"--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.