Relatos de la hacienda de Santa Gertrudis

Researchers Castro Ricalde and McKee present a documental work covering sources from the United States, México, Cuba, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Spain and Serbia to account for the complex development of the Mexican cinematographic industry in the first half of the 20th century and its efforts to establish a national identity myth designed for local consumer commercialization and powerful enough to stand against Hollywood dominance. The study spans 2 decades from the first sound movie Santa (1932) to 1955, when the "Mexican cinema of the "Golden Age" had a preponderant role in the...

"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.

Contiene ensayos sobre la economía en México. Temario: Política Fiscal; Política Monetaria; La Formación de Capital; El Empleo y la Fuerza de Trabajo; El Desarrollo Económico.

Funcionario p blico y maestro, Mois s S enz fue tambi n viajero y escritor. Fund escuelas e institutos; ocup altos cargos dentro del gobierno, en el mbito educativo y en el diplom tico. Dentro de la amplia gama de estas actividades hay una nota com n: su inter s por el M xico indio, por el M xico de los campesinos. En estos textos, S enz busca lo propio de un pa s que no est integrado: "el mestizo, el M xico urbano y el campesino, el M xico indio".