Economía y democracia

La historia de una instituci n de altos estudios tan singular como La Casa de Espa a, y su sucesora El Colegio de M xico -a ya cinco d cadas de su fundaci n- es parte imprescindible de la historia de la cultura en M xico: una historia que est por hacerse y que esta Jornada contribuye a realizar.

Catalog of the Universidad Iberoamericana's holdings (held at the Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero) of the letters received by Carmen Romero Rubio in her capacity as wife of Porfirio Díaz, president of Mexico. Most material is from 1888 to 1901.

Manuscript circular ofrelating to military assistance from "our generous neighbor to the North" [i.e. the United States]] during the Mexican war of independence and informing the insurgents of the arrival numerous ships and the names of their captains including the ship El Tigre loaded with 3000 barrels of gunpowder. Rayó́n adds that the allied ships have already captured three European ships from Veracruz to Tuxpan.

Exhibition of the mural and the art surrounding Diego Rivera's famous mural " Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central". Completed in 1947, the mural depicts scenes and people from the Spanish Conquest to the middle of the 20th century. The exhibition is based on the documentary collection of the great collector Ricardo Pérez Escamilla. The exhibition unites in order the documents and original publications that have iconographic roots in the mural. Other works of the epoch have been included to show different imagery or graphics of the images present in the mural as a complement...