Las intendencias de la Nueva España

"Examines Madero's economic ideas and his approach to various economic issues, including labor-management relations, agrarian reform, and fiscal policy. Argues that Madero's economic policies fell somewhere between 19th-century Liberalism and a more modern interventionism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

This comprehensive review of rural policy in Mexico shows that the challenges and potential of rural areas are spatially differentiated and therefore require a place-based policy approach.

"Diré adiós a los señores, acorde con el subtítulo, "Vida cotidiana en la época de Maximiliano y Carlota", nos presenta desde una visión libre de prejuicios el acontecer de la sociedad mexica en diferentes facetas en tiempos del efímero imperio del archiduque austriaco. El resultado es un abigarrado mosaico en que coexisten en abrupto contraste, los más dispares estilos de vida. Así conocemos desde los más exquisitos refinamientos cortesanos, que las familias linajudas se esforzaron para asimilar de sus modelos europeos recién importados, hasta las manifestaciones más elementales...

"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.