México, política y coraje

Essays by specialists in several fields that document current Mexican realities and extrapolate what they might portend for country in future. Encompasses wide range of issues and trends, from ethnicity and peasant communities, to church-state relations, unions, environmental concerns, crime, higher education, urban growth, mobility, corruption, democracy and many more. Organized into sections on population, housing and cities; institutions and public policy; and insertion in globalized world.

A series of narratives based on the history of a hacienda in San Gertrudis, Chihuahua during the Mexican revolution, with focus on the incursion of rebel troops and the reaction of rural residents. The author (1944) is a native of San Gertrudis.

"La diva reposa y advierte que su hora final se aproxima. Su calmada agonía le permite repasar esa vida entre el glamour y la tragedia; la formación a fuego y fuerza, templada por el desierto y la vocación de ser jinete de su destino. Una hora final que se aproxima solo para coincidir con el aniversario de su nacimiento y así hacer más grande la leyenda: con la muerte, una nueva historia comienza. María reposa y una serie de figuras queridas desfilan de nuevo: Alex Berger, su hijo Quique, Lara, Negrete; el canto de sirena nunca escuchado de Hollywood, el encanto de París; Paplo, su...

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.