Independencia y revolución

Contains typescript mss. on Guadalupe Victoria and Veracruz during Mexico's Wars of Independence from Spain.

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 ...

De un seminario a un libro / Thomas Calvo y José Armando Hernández Soubervielle -- Don Martín de Mendalde y el mecenazgo de lo efímero (o cómo forjarse un nombre en el siglo XVII) / Armando Hernández Soubervielle -- Exploración, literatura y erudición en el siglo XVII novohispano : el caso de Pedro Porter Casanate (1611-1662) / Ramón Manuel Pérez Martínez -- Un juez español en México en el tránsito entre la administración colonial y la independiente, José de Peón Valdés / Marcelino Cuesta Alonso -- El converadurismo militante, Teodosio Lares : la tradición monárquica como...

In James A. Michener's Mexico, one of the world's greatest bestselling writers tells the story of a tumultuous land, in a novel that vividly captures the sweep of Mexico's colorful history and teems with a multitude of unforgettable characters. Moving between the past and present - from important events in Mexico's history to the excitement of a modern-day bullfight - and ranging from the arid plains of Mexico to Inquisition Spain and Civil War Virginia, here is the stirring saga of a man and a nation searching for their identities. Norman Clay, an American journalist, arrives in Mexico not...