Materia de sombras

"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.

Jes s Reyes Heroles (1921-1985) llena una poca en el pensamiento contempor neo de M xico. En sus varias facetas como pol tico, jurista, administrador p blico, educador e historiador nos leg una fecunda labor creadora que hoy se ha podido integrar en estas Obras completas. En este primer volumen se recogen sus reflexiones te ricas sobre el Estado, el Estado de derecho, la raz n de estado, el derecho al trabajo y la ciencia pol tica, as como un profundo an lisis sobre la obra de Guicciardini y de Mirabeau.

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.

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 ...