Imagen y pensamiento en El Tajín

Las semblanzas aqui presentadas tienen el encanto de la brevedad y lo anecdotico, para contar sobre el genio epigramatico y mordaz del ilustre Francisco de Tres Guerras, el arquitecto mexicano por excelencia del neoclasico; de los arrebatos juveniles de Ignacio Ramirez El Nigromante, o de las indiscretas ironias del Gallo Pitagorico, entre una veintena de personajes de la historia de Mexico.

"Analyzes Camacho's campaign for the governorship of Puebla and his efforts to build alliances with workers, peasants, and the political and economic elites. Explores the links between local power and national politics during the Cárdenas years"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Los de abjo treats what is perhaps the saddest period in modern Mexican history, a period of aimless slaughter when a whole nation was plunged into strife by leaders who had few clear ideas of what they were striving for. The reader shares the same disillusionment that the author himself must have felt as he met leader after leader whose revolutionary zeal was merely a disguise for base passions and desires.

"Important contribution for understanding the crucial transitional regime of Manuel Avila Camacho (1940-46). Series of detailed essays explores Mexico's public policy during the period, particularly its international linkages to and role in hemispheric defense. Also examines development of important labor movements and the composition of corporatist interest groups. Includes an imaginative interpretation of cultural contributions by Carlos Monsiváis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.