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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.

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.

Instructions given by order of Maximilian to Juan N. Almonte concerning his mission to France, signed by the Minister, Martín Castillo y Cos.

"Deben destacarse en primer lugar algunos de los apsectos documentales de la obra: un escrito teológico de Eguiara y Eguren traducido y presentado por Mauricio Beuchot; y 'El Prólogo a las Selectas Disertaciones Mexicanas,' traducido y con una introducción de Roberto Heredia Correa. Sin agotar la lista de las contribuciones indicamos que Ernesto de la Torre Villar tiene a su cargo la presentación del volumen y es autor de tres trabajos sobre Eguiara y Eguren, dos de ellos en relación con otras figuras: José Antonio de Villaseñor y Sánchez, y Fray Juan de Zumárraga"--Handbook of Latin ...

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...