Las aventuras de Isabela

Articles and letters by Cosío Villegas and other scholars, previously published in various periodicals, discussing the Mexican Revolution, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, and Armando R. Pareyón Azpeitia.

San Antonio es la cuna de la libertad del estado de Texas, pero también de México. Y en este punto vale la pena detenerse para hacer una primera afirmación: la historia de Texas no se puede entender sin la de México y viceversa. Comparten pasado, pero también espíritu. Esta ha sido la casa que con amistad y respeto ha alojado a los más insignes mexicanos de los que se tenga memoria, en estas páginas se evoca a Francisco I. Madero, iniciador de la Revolución mexicana y padre del México moderno, para quien Estados Unidos y la ciudad de San Antonio fueron algo más que familiar.

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,...

"Analyzes Camacho's campaign for the governorship of Puebla and his efforts to build alliances with workers, peasants, and the political and economic elites. Explores the links between local power and national politics during the Cárdenas years"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.