Luis Cabrera

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...

"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.

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,...

A collection of colonial documents and correspondence, 1543-1807, relating to the administration of the region of Tlalnepantlan, Estado de Mexico.