El fin del mito masculino

This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. For Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, the remaining Indian communities, the "de-Indianized" rural mestizo communities, and vast sectors of the poor urban population constitute the México profundo. Their lives and ways of understanding the world continue to be rooted in Mesoamerican civilization. An ancient agricultural complex provides their food supply, and work is understood as a way of maintaining a harmonious relationship with the natural ...

This excellent history of Peru proposes and proves an entirely new thesis on its nineteenth century: the changes in its economy that might have led to a better future were undone by taxes and other demands at the national, provincial and local levels. The failure of Peru owes a good deal to wartime taxes and local tax farming of the countryside. Professor Christine Hunefeldt does for the mundane issue of taxation what she has already done for Peruvian slavery and women’s rights; she writes a new history based on the evolution of a tax structure that changed for the worse over time. This is...

Este libro ofrece una mirada a la evolución urbana y metropolitana en el México contemporáneo mediante el análisis de su urbanización en los últimos cuarenta años: la configuración territorial de las localidades urbanas; la emergencia y dinámica del fenómeno metropolitano; la coordinación y marco jurídico del desarrollo urbano y metropolitano; el tránsito del mundo rural al urbano, y algunos de los numerosos problemas que aquejan a las ciudades mexicanas, como la regularización de la tenencia de la tierra, el acceso a la vivienda, la pobreza, los conflictos por la realización...

From Egyptian and Greek gods to myths of the Middle Ages, this study of myths and legends tells the stories of various characters in mythology from gods and men to heroes and monsters. These chronicles from distinctive times, places, and cultures provide an explanation of the origin of man and the world. Desde los dioses egipcios y griegos a los mitos de la Edad Media, este estudio de mitos y leyendas fascinantes relata la historia de los personajes de la mitología desde dioses y hombres hasta héroes y monstruos. Estas crónicas de distintos pueblos, épocas y culturas explican el origen...