Imagen y pensamiento en El Tajín

"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.

"Revisionist view of the traditional interpretation of 1923 revolt as a reaction against Obregón's imposition of Calles. Authors study four different regional revolts between 1923-24, all with different leaders and provoked by different causes: Rómulo Figueroa in Guerrero, Enrique Estrada in Jalisco, Guadalupe Sánchez in Veracruz, and Fortunato Maycotte in Oaxaca. Rebels failed because of a lack of central control or unifying program. Adolfo de la Huerta played only a 'decorative role' in the armed movement against Obregón"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Author Alejandra Mora explores a fascinating aspect of vernacular photography: the "amplifications in cloth", a long field research that started in the town of San Pablo Huitzo, Etla, Oaxaca, and spanned all the way into Mexico City with the intention of locating the creators of such unique portraits, who using new technologies have managed to satisfy customer demands. Illuminated images that satisfied the popular beauty conceptions of the body, hairstyles, fashion and jewelry, including the wedding photography.

De un seminario a un libro / Thomas Calvo y José Armando Hernández Soubervielle -- Don Martín de Mendalde y el mecenazgo de lo efímero (o cómo forjarse un nombre en el siglo XVII) / Armando Hernández Soubervielle -- Exploración, literatura y erudición en el siglo XVII novohispano : el caso de Pedro Porter Casanate (1611-1662) / Ramón Manuel Pérez Martínez -- Un juez español en México en el tránsito entre la administración colonial y la independiente, José de Peón Valdés / Marcelino Cuesta Alonso -- El converadurismo militante, Teodosio Lares : la tradición monárquica como...