Acuérdate, María

En la obra “El retrato en México: 1781-1867. Héroes, emperadores y ciudadanos para una nueva nación"” la autora analiza la producción plástica del género del retrato durante ese periodo. Se estudian en primer lugar los retratos producidos por los profesores y alumnos de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de la ciudad de México desde su fundación, en 1784 hasta el periodo de 1867. Se hace especial hincapié en los retratos realizados por los profesores españoles que allí impartieron sus enseñanzas como Rafael Jimeno y Planes y Pelegrín Clavé. En segundo lugar se...

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

An autobiographical testimony as told by Héctor García (b. México 1923), one of the most influential photojournalists in Mexico during the first half of the 20th century, illustrated with a large number of full-page black and white plates of famous personages like Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Pedro Infante, Maria Felix, along unique images of important events. Author Rivera who dedicated close to 5 years defines this editorial project as "Thanks to this extraordinary photographer and thorough chronicler, the reader has the great opportunity to be taken into those passages of the cultural,...

"Revisionist view of the traditional interpretation of 1923 revolt as a reaction against Obregón's imposition of Calles. Authors study four different regional revolts between 1923-24, all with different leaders and provoked by different causes: Rómulo Figueroa in Guerrero, Enrique Estrada in Jalisco, Guadalupe Sánchez in Veracruz, and Fortunato Maycotte in Oaxaca. Rebels failed because of a lack of central control or unifying program. Adolfo de la Huerta played only a 'decorative role' in the armed movement against Obregón"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.