Corpus Christi

An excellent analysis of the nature and scope of Mexican social assistance programs, recent systemic changes, political implications and future considerations.

"Garrido, author of an outstanding historical study of the founding and early years of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, offers the first book-length analysis of the most important internal development within the party's structure: the Corriente Democrática. Analyzes party divisions which produced the Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas presidential candidacy in 1988"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Translation into Spanish of an important early-18th-century report on the social and economic conditions of New Spain by a Frenchman at the service of Spain. The report offered many suggestions on improving the trade and economy of New Spain"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

La frontera entre Mexico y Estados Unidos no es una convencion geografica sino un problema politico y cultural que se acentua cuando alguno de los dos paises pasa por un momento de crisis. Este libro detalla como se vivio en la frontera con Texas la Revolucion mexicana y los caudillos mas importantes del movimiento surgido en el norte de Mexico.