Colección documental sobre la independencia mexicana

En ésta novela se retratan con detalle y empatía la despesperanzada vida de los ferrocarrileros en México de mediados del siglo xx, sus batallas laborales y su miseria, la ilusión de una huelga redentora y la severidad de la traición. Por estas páginas atraviesa un fantasmal José Trigo, más símbolo que protagonista, y un conjunto de personajes doloridos, víctimas del drama cristero de los años treinta, de la corrupción sindical de las décadas posteriores y del inequitativo progreso de la nación. [From back cover.]

Catalogue of an exhibition organized within the framework of the celebrations for the Bicentennial of the Independence and the Centennial of the Revolution that explore how the national heroes were portrayed in art in the early 19th century. An interesting inclusion is the iconography of national heroes in relation to the sculptures of classic antiquity. The exhibition includes close to 110 pieces including sculptures, paintings, prints, photography, books, manuscripts and some magazines largely produced in the 19th Century in México and Europe.

Researchers Castro Ricalde and McKee present a documental work covering sources from the United States, México, Cuba, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Spain and Serbia to account for the complex development of the Mexican cinematographic industry in the first half of the 20th century and its efforts to establish a national identity myth designed for local consumer commercialization and powerful enough to stand against Hollywood dominance. The study spans 2 decades from the first sound movie Santa (1932) to 1955, when the "Mexican cinema of the "Golden Age" had a preponderant role in the...

[Book 1]. General considerations about the extension and physical aspect of the kingdom of New Spain. Influence of the configuration of the soil in the climate, Agriculture, Commerce and in the military defense of the country.