Orto y ocaso de Sevilla

In this new telling of Mexico’s Second Empire and Louis Napoléon’s installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life. From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium—including forces from Crimea to Egypt—to fight and subdue the regime of Mexico’s Benito Juárez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the...

Osiris, god of the dead, was one of ancient Egypt's most important deities. The earliest secure evidence for belief in him dates back to the fifth dynasty (c.2494-2345BC), but he continued to be worshipped until the fifth century AD. Following Osiris is concerned with ancient Egyptian conceptions of the relationship between Osiris and the deceased, or what might be called the Osirian afterlife, asking what the nature of this relationship was and what the prerequisites were for enjoying its benefits. It does not seek to provide a continuous or comprehensive account of Egyptian ideas on this...

Reflexión autocrítica sobre el derrumbe del gobierno de la Alianza y la política de los 90 en la Argentina.

En la década de los cincuenta del siglo pasado Daniel Cosío Villegas integró a un grupo de historiadores para elaborar la Historia moderna de México, finalmente publicada en diez gruesos volúmenes, resultado de diez años de investigación. Esta obra abarca desde la República Restaurada hasta el Porfiriato. El Colegio de México, fiel al compromiso de Cosío Villegas, decidió concluir los trabajos para ofrecer una historia integra de la primera mitad del siglo pasado. Así, lo que el lector tiene en sus manos, ahora en ocho volúmenes, es, finalmente, la conclusión del proyecto y el...