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Compilación que recoge testimonios de varios de los actores y observadores del sitio de Querétaro, suceso que se desarrolló del 9 de marzo al 15 de mayo de 1867 y apuntaló la caída del Imperio de Maximiliano, de cuyo proceso se presenta un memorándum redactado por miembros del bando republicano. Reúne documentos escritos por los oficiales Mariano Esobedo, Sóstenes Rocha (ambos liberales) y Alberto Hans (imperialista); Samuel Basch, médico de Maximiliano, y la princesa de Salm-Salm, figura próxima a la corte.

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...

"Important study of the Maximato (1928-34) sees Cardenismo as the culmination of - rather than the replacement for - many important political developments under Calles. Concludes that there were 'important differences' but also 'essential overlaps' between Calles and Cárdenas. Cardenismo would not have been possible without the Maximato"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

A trav s de los ojos de Ant oco Cruces y Luis Campa, esta obra nos muestra una cr nica de la ciudad de M xico en el siglo XIX. Caminaremos por sus calles, conoceremos costumbres, veremos personajes y escucharemos los pregones de los vendedores que daban vida a la cotidianidad de la ciudad.