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"Carefully researched study of the economic impact of the Chilean occupation of Lima during the War of the Pacific. Looks at banking and the roles of emerging Spanish and Chinese merchants. Concludes that the economic 'ruin' of Lima by the end of the occupation was nearly complete. Suggests that the economic issues of the Chilean occupation were so profound that they played a significant role in delaying the final settlement of the War of the Pacific claims until 1929"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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...

El tercer tomo continua con los documentos, cartas y proclamas durante la Independencia. Aqui se incluye el famoso texto de Morelos conocido como "Sentimientos de la nacion," de 1813; la Proclama de Iturbide, lanzada en Iguala en 1821, y, finalmente, los tratados de Cordova del 24 de agosto de 1821. Este tomo Incluye biografias de los proceres de la Independencia.

Karina Batthyány nos coloca ante una idea sencilla pero que implica una transformación cultural que avanza firmemente: la importancia del trabajo no remunerado dentro del hogar y el estatuto de las mujeres como trabajadoras por esas tareas, que arrastran un estigma histórico de desvalorización y naturalización. La pandemia del coronavirus puso en evidencia su valor fundamental para el funcionamiento de la sociedad y la economía. Para analizar la igualdad y el ejercicio de derechos puertas adentro de los hogares, Batthyány nos propone revisar el concepto de género, la división sexual...

"Nine critical essays by well-known authors (González Casanovas, De la Peña, Eduardo Menéndez, and others) examine role of government and public policies during 1980s. Some issues include health, education and technology policies, Church-State relations, political transformation toward modernization, and new political culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.