Ferrocarriles y vida económica en México, 1850-1950

The main body of the book is the facsimile and transcription of the collection of themanuscript and typed letters and telegraphs mailed between artist Frida Kahlo and doctor LeoEloesser, and enriched with contributions written by experts in art and medicine such as CarlosMonsivais, Teresa del Conde, Juan Pascoe, and others. The group of letters corresponds to 3phases covering from 1936 to 1951: The first part reflects a courteous friendship and a paternalrelationship of total confidence and where she consults him for all medical and personal matters. The second part of the correspondence airs ...

"Collection of newspaper articles by and about Esquivel Obregón, who served as Huerta's treasury secretary. Emphasizes his economic thought"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"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.

Una de los acervos fotográficos mávlaiosos de México es, sin duda, el que formóla familia Casasola y sus colaboradores. De esta colección lo más renombrado es el registro del movimiento armado de 1910 que captaron Augustín Victor y su hermano Miguel; no obstante, aunque es lo más famoso quizá no sea lo más relevante. El interés de esta publicación es dar a conocer la parte del Fondo Casasola poco conocida y sin embargo importante para el conocimiento en imágenes de la cuidad de México de las primeras décadas del siglo XX. Se trata por lo tanto de rescatar el retrato de una...