Lucien Febvre

Exclusive interviews with key political figures in Mexico—former presidents Zedillo and Salinas, and guerrilla leader Marcos—are the basis of this study that untangles the complex influences that have shaped Mexico over the past 20 years. From the Zapatistas to electoral fraud, this well-researched history accounts for many parts of Mexican politics and economy that have remained obscured by official silence. Beyond recurring catastrophes, however, this journalist finds the seed of a modern democracy in Vicente Fox's presidency, one which the author analyzes in a prologue added for this...

Una obra fundamental para entender la España de hoy. Dividida en cuatro volúmenes, la Historia de España en el siglo XX abarca un periodo especialmente controvertido, cuyo conocimiento es imprescindible para cualquiera que desee hacer un diagnóstico del presente. España ha sido protagonista de dos acontecimientos fundamentales en este siglo - la Guerra Civil y la transición a la democracia - y la cultura española ha alcanzado desde comienzos del siglo XX unas cotas que permiten establecer un paralelismo con el Siglo de Oro. Este primer tomo aborda la etapa comprendida entre el desastre ...

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