Ferrocarriles y vida económica en México, 1850-1950

"Juan Caballero es contratado para rescatar a un niño, heredero de una inmensa fortuna y, lo que prometía ser un caso fácil, se complica a cada momento ya que el investigador debe pedirle a los muertos que hablen, sin pasar a ser uno de ellos y buscar las claves en el tortuoso pasado de los involucrados. En esta azorosa travesía por el D.F., la gran ciudad nos parecerá otra"--P. [4] of cover.

Congressional decree of 29 May 1811 extending military honors to the Consejo de Regencia and thanking the military of New Spain for its loyalty to the crown.

"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...

"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.