Historias paralelas

Selection of the papers presented at the XXIII Encuentro Nacional de Investigadores del Pensamiento Novohispano in Zacatecas in 2010.

Document referring to an incident where a government official was denied access to a miltary hospital. It refers to an article in a law from 1739 concerning how officials may conduct visits and other commisions in hospitals.

"A medio camino entre el libro de memorias, la novela y el documento historico, la obra recorre los entresijos de la revolucion mexicana a traves de los ojos del autor. Asi, nos presenta un fresco historico que trasciende su caracter autobiografico para entrar de lleno, sin concesiones, en el analisis politico y sentimental de un episodio ineludible de la historia mexicana."

"Excellent compilation of 18 essays devoted to the Porfiriato. Especially recommended are Marichal on the 1888 debt conversion, Buve on conflict in the countryside, and Leticia Reina on the autonomy of indigenous villages. Major contribution to a re-evaluation of a complex period"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.