Real Intendencia y período de la Guerra de Independencia en Oaxaca

"Examines the role of public investment in Mexican decentralization at the national, state (Jalisco), and local (municipio) levels. Studies spatial pattern of public investment in Mexico with many graphs, maps, and commentary on the politics of public investment"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Analyzes Camacho's campaign for the governorship of Puebla and his efforts to build alliances with workers, peasants, and the political and economic elites. Explores the links between local power and national politics during the Cárdenas years"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

RESUMEN: En la colección de charlas de café, una de las nietas de Francisco Villa, quien es una reconocida historiadora decide de contar brevemente la vida de Pancho villa; Los motivos de su rebelión, sus inicios como un fugitivo a los 16 años, su lucha por los pobres, su aversión a ser fotografiado, el halo de misterio que lo rodeó, sus relaciones con las mujeres, sus hijos; Y por supuesto el papel primordial que tuvo en la Revolución mexicana, sus ideas sociales, sus enemigos todo esto para comprender un poco más al Centauro del Norte a través de una charla espiritista e informal...

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...