Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

"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.

Respected political scientists analyze role of electoral left in parliamentary policy and in construction of quality of government. Also broaches topic of organization of leftist groupings in party form. Written during 2018 presidential campaign when victory of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was near certainty, proposes thesis that left became one of most powerful electoral forces in Mexico by dint of long years of struggle against repression and by tenacity to insert itself in new democratic order.

Emilio Rabasa fue un eminente jurista, político, periodista, diplomático y novelista mexicano. Sin embargo, poco se sabe de su vida personal. Hale, investigador del liberalismo mexicano, nos revela aspectos novedosos de la carrera, vida privada y personalidad de Rabasa, y también analiza sus ideas políticas, jurídicas y sociales demostrando la continuidad e incluso la supervivencia del liberalismo de fines del siglo XIX tras la Revolución. Así, encontraremos que el liberalismo de Rabasa fue distinto: estuvo transformado por el positivismo europeo, la política de los científicos y el...

"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.