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"Inventario de los libros que han tenido ingreso en la secretaría de la Real academía," 1922-29, with v. 83, 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 96, 99.

Mediante una reconstrucción del Porfiriato, esta obra realiza un análisis e interpretación de la realidad social de esta época. Aborda el papel que jugaron personajes como José Yves Limantour, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada y Justo Sierra y "los científicos" en la construcción de la ideología porfirista y la legitimación del régimen; la economía mexicana, su desarrollo y las transformaciones que sufrió desde 1877; las políticas hacendarias y la reforma monetaria de principios del siglo XX, y los factores políticos intervencionistas que llevaron a la crisis y culminación del...

"Siena: City of Secrets" is a charming, intimate portrait of this most secretive of cities, often overlooked by travelers to Italy. Part cultural history and intellectual memoir, part travelogue and guide book, Tylus writes with a novelist s flair, taking the reader on a quest of discovery through the well- and not-so-well-travelled roads and alleys of the ancient city. Today, Siena can appear on the surface standoffish, a bit static, and very old-fashioned, especially when compared to its larger, flashier cousins Roma and Firenze. But first impressions wear away as we learn from Tylus that...