Un Bosquejo de la Historia en Mexico

In "La muerte de Artemio Cruz" we are present in the last moments of the lif e of a powerful man, one who was a revolutionary soldier, a lover without passion, and a father without a family. Carlos Fuentes reveals in this novel the thoughts of an elderly man who can no longer fend for himself; the man is confronted with an imminent and torturous death, but his will does not allow him to be defeated.

An historiographic and analytical study of the crucial decade of the 1930s under the Cárdenas administration. The author advances the revisionist thesis that the period was more marked by a moderate political climate than one of radical change.

"En esta extraña pero fascinante novela, el Chanfalla, personaje nacido de la entraña misma de la ciudad de México, vive su adolescencia y primera juventud a través de cuatro niveles narrativos que lo rebotan desde la lobreguez de un apando donde lo asalta la rima interior de sus experiencias carcelarias, hasta sus días felices del inicio del porrismo (1938), cuando acosado por los agentes secretos (Tiras) que le exprimen hasta el último cobre obtenido en sus correrías, halla refugio en el viejo plantel de la Preparatoria de San Ildefolso, desde donde escapa al ambiente de los salones...

"Wide-ranging set of papers dealing with most aspects of the economy. Topics include: the transition to democracy, economic reforms, sustainable production, agriculture, industry, education and technology, productivity and competition, and employment"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.