La crisis Obregón-Calles y el estado mexicano

"Important contribution for understanding the crucial transitional regime of Manuel Avila Camacho (1940-46). Series of detailed essays explores Mexico's public policy during the period, particularly its international linkages to and role in hemispheric defense. Also examines development of important labor movements and the composition of corporatist interest groups. Includes an imaginative interpretation of cultural contributions by Carlos Monsiváis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

High in the Inyo Mountains, between Owens Valley and Death Valley National Park, lies the ghost town of Cerro Gordo. Discovered in 1865, this silver town boomed to a population of 3,000 people in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs during the 1870s. As the silver played out and the town faded, a few hung on to the dream. By the early 1900s, Louis D. Gordon wandered up the Yellow Grade Road where freight wagons once traversed with silver and supplies and took a closer look at the zinc ore that had been tossed aside by early miners. The Fat Hill lived again, primarily as a small company town. By...

At the juncture of an Excan Tlahltoloyan invasion to Cholula, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca engage in a violent war when disputing the love of goddess Victoria on the gladiatorial stone, who is manifested as the emissary and harbinger of the fifth sun destruction. Amid rituals and sacrifices, flowery warfare, and tzompantli, love blossoms and dies. The story is complemented by a chilling account of the Battle of Zacatecas and the Jerez fair, where Mexican traditions are illustrated and glorified.

?El libro, además de seguir las andanzas del hijo de Napoleón III y la española Eugenia de Montijo, detalla el esplendor de la Francia imperial, la Inglaterra victoriana, la epopeya del pueblo zulú y culmina con el mayor desastre sufrido por tropas británicas ante fuerzas indígenas: la batalla de Isandlwana.? (Diario El Mundo) ?Pasamos de un escenario a otro como quien lee un trepidante best seller. No da tregua al lector metiéndonos con un lenguaje cercano a cada acto de la vida de nuestro protagonista. Es una historia a la vez mítica y trágica que nos enseña no solo una parte de...

Alejandro Vaccaro nació en Buenos Aires en 1951. Desde hace dos décadas se abocó al estudio de la vida y la obra de Jorge Luis Borges. Como fruto de esta labor, ha publicado diversos artículos, tanto en revistas y diarios nacionales como extranjeros. También ha dictado conferencias en la Argentina y en el exterior: en las Universidades de Aarhus (Dinamarca), San Pablo (Brasil), Edimburgo (Escocia), King College (Londres), Reims (Francia), Cracovia (Polonia), Maccerata (Italia) y en el Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de la Universidad de Varsovia (Polonia), entre otros. Actualmente es ...