Panorama histórico de la Ciudad de México

Han pasado treinta años desde que se publicó este libro por primera vez y cuarenta desde que sucedieron los terribles hechos que refleja. Ahora, enriquecido con un nuevo prólogo del autor, cuenta lo que ocurrió el año que murió Franco, hoy ya una pesadilla perdida en la bruma de los recuerdos de una generación. «Los más jóvenes sólo tienen en la cabeza algunos retazos esquemáticos de aquella escalada de acción revolucionaria y represión dictatorial que remansó en el rompeolas de la Transición (…) Los aniversarios redondos como este devuelven el relato a la superficie,...

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Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...