Mujeres en el cambio social en el siglo XX mexicano

"Wide-ranging set of papers dealing with most aspects of the economy. Topics include: the transition to democracy, economic reforms, sustainable production, agriculture, industry, education and technology, productivity and competition, and employment"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Comprehensive listing of nearly 1,000 printed works from Mexico City includes bandos, constitutions, regulations, sermons, and reports of festivities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Isabela Huffman is a precocious 8 1/2-year-old girl who can't seem to keep herself out of trouble on a visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, with her mother. She wants to be the president when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or the president and a ballerina. She's dramatic. She sings on the bus, screams like a baby after putting chile powder on her fresh mango and convinces her mom to buy five pair of new shoes for a big family. No matter how many times her mom asks her to just sit down like a normal little girl, she just can't help getting up to take more pictures of her adventures. When will Isabela...

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,...