Referencias de Picasso en México

"Revisionist view of the traditional interpretation of 1923 revolt as a reaction against Obregón's imposition of Calles. Authors study four different regional revolts between 1923-24, all with different leaders and provoked by different causes: Rómulo Figueroa in Guerrero, Enrique Estrada in Jalisco, Guadalupe Sánchez in Veracruz, and Fortunato Maycotte in Oaxaca. Rebels failed because of a lack of central control or unifying program. Adolfo de la Huerta played only a 'decorative role' in the armed movement against Obregón"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

En Mexicana, Salvador Albinana y Horacio Fernandez reconstruyen minuciosamente, y tras haber llevado a cabo un formidable trabajo de camo. la historia de una fascinacion : la que durante los anos veinte y treinta ejercio Mexico sobre los fotografos de vanguardia. ... (Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Agustin Jimenez, Emilio Amero)

"Este volumen es un esfuerzo por hacer un recuento de las transformaciones experimentadas a lo largo de las dos últimas décadas. Los textos que reúne describen el impacto de los gobiernos divididos en la configuración de políticas públicas, reformas legales y ejercicio del poder político, desde una diversidad de enfoques teóricos especializados"--Page 4 of cover.

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.