La política económica durante el gobierno de Francisco I. Madero

"Diré adiós a los señores, acorde con el subtítulo, "Vida cotidiana en la época de Maximiliano y Carlota", nos presenta desde una visión libre de prejuicios el acontecer de la sociedad mexica en diferentes facetas en tiempos del efímero imperio del archiduque austriaco. El resultado es un abigarrado mosaico en que coexisten en abrupto contraste, los más dispares estilos de vida. Así conocemos desde los más exquisitos refinamientos cortesanos, que las familias linajudas se esforzaron para asimilar de sus modelos europeos recién importados, hasta las manifestaciones más elementales...

Accompanying CD-ROM contains video on the expulsion of the Jesuits from Tepotzotlán, biographical data on the expelled Jesuits, photographs of Tepotzotlán, México, and Bologna, Italy, along with videogames and interactive features--See back cover.

"Isabela Huffman is a precocious 8 1/2-year-old girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She's dramatic. She sings on the bus, screams like a baby after putting chile powder on her fresh mango and convinces her mom to buy five pair of new shoes for a big family. No matter how many times her mom asks her to just sit down like a normal little girl, she just can't help getting up to take more pictures of her adventures. When will Isabela...

"Nine critical essays by well-known authors (González Casanovas, De la Peña, Eduardo Menéndez, and others) examine role of government and public policies during 1980s. Some issues include health, education and technology policies, Church-State relations, political transformation toward modernization, and new political culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.