Cultura mexicana moderna en el siglo XVIII

"Nine critical essays by well-known authors (González Casanovas, De la Peña, Eduardo Menéndez, and others) examine role of government and public policies during 1980s. Some issues include health, education and technology policies, Church-State relations, political transformation toward modernization, and new political culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Excellent study of the Dominican Order in the 16th century. Avoids a chronological account giving the reader instead a methodical analysis of the institutional, social, and economic organization of the order. To the prototypes of the urban and the rural convents, Pita Moreda adds a balanced assessment of the missionary activities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Ninguna de las crónicas de la conquista del Nuevo Mundo alcanza el valor literario e histórico de La Verdadera Historia de la Conquista de la Nueva España, un acontecimiento histórico que cambió al mundo para siempre, narrado por uno de sus protagonistas.Esta es una obra de Bernal Díaz del Castillo, quien nos narra el proceso de la conquista de México de una manera ruda, aunque sencilla, ágil y directa. Cada página es un retrato pintoresco plagado de detalles y aventuras. Leer su libro es transportarse al pasado y vivir al lado de un soldado todos los sucesos de la conquista:...

"Six essays approach the history of Mexican railroads from the perspective of the 'new economic history.' See especially Soto's essays on the relationship between industry and railroads in Monterrey, and Grunstein Dickter on the difference in approach between the científicos and the Carrancistas; however, all essays are important and well done. Recommended"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.