Una revolución pacífica

"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.

Compiles and studies articles attesting to process by which northern Mexican anarchist ideologues identified and recognized Zapata and his movement, as reflected in anarchist newspaper published (from exile in U.S.) by Flores Magon brothers. Presents articles by 36 writers (plus articles under pseudonyms and anonymous entries), including Enrique and Ricardo Flores Magón, J.R. Berriozábal, R.G. Cox and others. Organized alphabetically by author, opens with substantial (pp.11-47) essay on historical context and ideological difficulties between Zapatismo and anarchist movement of time.

México ha tenido a lo largo del siglo xx e inicios del siglo xxi una relación ambigua, por decir lo menos, con la democracia. Si bien es cierto que el texto constitucional de 1917 se inspiró en los ideales democráticos de la Ilustración francesa y de los constituyentes de Filadelfia –especialmente en la idea de “soberanía popular” de Jean Jacques Rousseau, en la teoría sobre la división y el equilibrio de poderes de Charles de Montesquieu y en la teoría del gobierno representativo y la necesaria operación de frenos y contrapesos en las relaciones entre las instituciones...

1888, pt. 2, includes meteoroloical observations reported from the Observatorio Meteorológico-Magnético de Central Mexico, for the years 1877-1888.