Estado y desarrollo

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.

Mexico is a country with a great history, from the ancient civilizations to nowadays. This book gather the most important events in Mexico's history. Ideal for students, investigations and persons interested in general culture.

Este libro contiene la mayoria de los trabajos presentados en el Simposio Internacional sobre Rancheros y Sociedades Rancheras de México, efectuado en Zamora en 1993. A la convocatoria lanzada conjuntamente por El Colegio de Michoacan, El CEMCA, El ORSTOM y la Universidad Veracruzana acudieron una treintena de investigadores e investigadoras de tres generaciones, de varios paises y de diversas formaciones. Los trabajos aqui reunidos entran a muchos rincones de la geografia y de la historia nacionales; abordan con propiedad numerosos aspectos de la vida Y obra de los rancheros; revelan que...