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"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...

"Concerned with the geographical definition of the intendancies and their administrative structure. Excellent maps make this work a useful tool for historical geography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"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.

Francisco Villa es un �cono indiscutible de la revoluci�n mexicana, en la cultura de masas fue erigido como el defensor de las causas populares, su biograf�a es una mezcla de historia y leyenda, su nombre es ampliamente reconocido, no obstante, la construcci�n de su mito ha dejado de lado una parte oscura que autores filovillistas han negado, minimizado e incluso justificado: los cr�menes cometidos contra la poblaci�n civil.En algunas localidades del norte de M�xico es el resentimiento y el dolor lo que evoca la figura del legendario guerrillero. Hombres mujeres y ni�os de...