Las intendencias de la Nueva España

Karina Batthyány nos coloca ante una idea sencilla pero que implica una transformación cultural que avanza firmemente: la importancia del trabajo no remunerado dentro del hogar y el estatuto de las mujeres como trabajadoras por esas tareas, que arrastran un estigma histórico de desvalorización y naturalización. La pandemia del coronavirus puso en evidencia su valor fundamental para el funcionamiento de la sociedad y la economía. Para analizar la igualdad y el ejercicio de derechos puertas adentro de los hogares, Batthyány nos propone revisar el concepto de género, la división sexual...

Document referring to an incident where a government official was denied access to a miltary hospital. It refers to an article in a law from 1739 concerning how officials may conduct visits and other commisions in hospitals.

"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.

"Excellent compilation of 18 essays devoted to the Porfiriato. Especially recommended are Marichal on the 1888 debt conversion, Buve on conflict in the countryside, and Leticia Reina on the autonomy of indigenous villages. Major contribution to a re-evaluation of a complex period"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.