Migración interna

La energia humana dedicada a la actividad economica en una sociedad se puede cuantificar bajo dos enfoques alternativos: desde el punto de vista colectivo, como el monto total de horas dedicadas a ella por el conjunto de la poblacion economicamente activa; desde una optica individual, como parte de la vida que una persona espera dedicar a la actividad economica. Este segundo enfoque se concreta mediante la esperanza de vida activa, un indicador que se desprende de un modelo de corte demografico, que de manera generica se denomina Tabla de vida activa. En este libro se presentan los diversos...

Letter from Ramos Arizpe to the governor of San Luis Potosi, informs him that a chain of prisoners will soon be passing through San Luis Potosi on their way to promote colonies in Texas, and that the governor should add his prisoners to the chain.

El resumen de la coleccin Una visin de la modernizacin de Mxico ofrece un testimonio de las polticas de la gestin administrativa del presidente Carlos Salinas de Gortari. El primer tomo incluye las reformas en el mbito de la poltica y las reformas sociales. El segundo tomo se enfoca al anlisis de las reformas en el marco institucional, poltica exterior y econmica, poltica educativa y cultural y la reforma urbana.

"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...

"Long overdue biography of the 'always bridesmaid' of the early republic. Author says much more about the political maneuvers of the period, concentrating on personalities of the Mexican elite. Somewhat useful"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.