Luis Donaldo Colosio

"Technical and quantitative study of 1960-90 migration, based on census data. Status and variables such as age, occupation, civil status, education, fertility, income, and infant mortality are cross-tabulated. Census data allow only for inter-state migration analysis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Nine critical essays by well-known authors (González Casanovas, De la Peña, Eduardo Menéndez, and others) examine role of government and public policies during 1980s. Some issues include health, education and technology policies, Church-State relations, political transformation toward modernization, and new political culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Collection of essays on the history of Mexico City by well-known historians includes such topics as urban design, the city council, the Church, and educational institutions. For general, rather than specialized, readership"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Sharply critical analysis of Mexico's recent round of ambitious structural reforms, particularly of oil industry and finance reforms, which author says show direct line of descent from 18th-century Bourbon reforms, politics of Porfirio Diaz and neoliberal ideals of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, historical antecedents vilified by many on left in Mexico. Author was Mexico's youngest elected governor and is currently serving in Congress.