Orígenes y expresiones de la religiosidad en México

"Collection of articles exploring the life, thought, and writings of a prominent revolutionary and Mexican diplomat"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

CUBA 1959 is a fictional novel written in the Spanish language that recounts the determination and success of a group of young Cubans resisting against Fidel Castro's takeover of the island on January 1, 1959. Their political organization, the Brigada de Accion Popular manages to escape Castro's vindictive militias, and form an insurgent government inside Cuban territory; from there on the novel embarks on a fast-paced, entertaining and suspenseful narrative. As the author says: "it could have made the difference". Readers, Cuban or not will enjoy this novel's creativity, action and profound...

Analiza la transición española mediante las viñetas de cinco diarios nacionales, representantes de la realidad ideológica y social del pueblo español (Informaciones,Ya, Abc, La Vanguardia y El Alcázar). Desde el último gobierno de Franco, presidido por Arias Navarro en 1974, y las elecciones de 1977, el autor analiza el impacto mediático de la coronación de Juan Carlos I, la legalización del Partido Comunista y el nombramiento de Adolfo Suárez como presidente del Gobierno, así como la crisis económica y la imagen de la mujer y del movimiento feminista tras la Dictadura.

A polemic work due to its hefty critic to public figures and to those who see the electoral reformations -which this book demystifies-, as a historical achievement. The transition to democracy requires not only the dismantlement of the old regime, but also the design of the new normative and institutional arrangement that preserves the plural and multiple spirit of the nation. The task is immense, but our generation cannot avoid it: citizens must not stay apart. The mixture of fill and hope has to be translated into critic, proposal, and active participation. The essays that I have gathered...

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had...