Victoria en Veracruz

This comprehensive review of rural policy in Mexico shows that the challenges and potential of rural areas are spatially differentiated and therefore require a place-based policy approach.

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...

Selección de tres breves ensayos históricos de Manuel Orozco y Berra en torno a los primeros años de la Conquista. Presentada por Ernesto de la Torre Villar, contiene los textos titulados: Los conquistadores de México, Síntesis de la conquista de México, y Las empresas de los conquistadores. En ellos se abordan las condiciones materiales y espirituales con las que fue realizada la empresa de conquista, se relatan algunos hechos generales y particulares (relacionados con Hernán Cortés y Pedro de Alvarado) y se ofrece un balance histórico de dicho acontecimiento. La edición se...

"Six essays approach the history of Mexican railroads from the perspective of the 'new economic history.' See especially Soto's essays on the relationship between industry and railroads in Monterrey, and Grunstein Dickter on the difference in approach between the científicos and the Carrancistas; however, all essays are important and well done. Recommended"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.