Ensayos sobre la Ciudad de México: El corazón de una nación independiente

"Catalog of the portraits in the National History Museum, which is the most important collection of colonial portraits in Mexico. A small b/w illustration of each work is accompanied by explanatory text and, in some cases, the biographical dates of the individuals portrayed. Provides date, material, size, and provenance. Also contains a biographical list of artists and illustrations of their signatures in the collection, as well as an index of colonial painters from the 16th-18th centuries and some from the 19th-20th centuries"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

"Examines the role of public investment in Mexican decentralization at the national, state (Jalisco), and local (municipio) levels. Studies spatial pattern of public investment in Mexico with many graphs, maps, and commentary on the politics of public investment"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Un estudio económico de las regiones geográficas presupone el estudio de la población consumidora: producción y consumo necesitan que se establezcan relaciones de comercio, de información, de inversión, las cuales se localizan en lugares precisos. El autor hace una lectura crítica de los trabajos consagrados a la cuestión y trata de entresacar de ellos, así como de una observación directa, lo que significan las regiones y la vida de relación que se organiza en su interior.

"Detailed study of Michoacán during the governorship of Félix Ireta Viveros. Emphasizes the connections between local and national political processes and argues that, despite the popularity of Cardenismo in Michoacán, Ireta embraced the agenda of the Avila Camacho administration"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.