Relatos de la hacienda de Santa Gertrudis

"Important contribution for understanding the crucial transitional regime of Manuel Avila Camacho (1940-46). Series of detailed essays explores Mexico's public policy during the period, particularly its international linkages to and role in hemispheric defense. Also examines development of important labor movements and the composition of corporatist interest groups. Includes an imaginative interpretation of cultural contributions by Carlos Monsiváis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

En este texto se analiza el desempeno del Estado mexicano como impulsor de la economia mixta durante los ultimos 60 anos. La influencia que alcanzo el Estado en la dinamica de la economia nacional se examina a la luz del desarrollo de instituciones e instrumentos de politica del sector publico mexicano.

"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...

Los cambios y transformaciones que se dieron durante la administraci n del general C rdenas pretendieron cimentar una modernizaci n del pa s por medio de acciones concretas que se arraigaron en la cultura pol tica y a n subsisten. el prop sito de los autores de este volumen, el quinto de la serie, no consiste en reflexionar sobre el movimiento encabezado por C rdenas y verlo desde la actualidad como una utop a regresiva; m s bien, su objetivo es contribuir a la construcci n de una historia cr tica de las modernizaciones en M xico.