La real historia de México

El primer propósito de esta obra es elaborar una historia de la crisis estructural iniciada en México a principios de la década de los setenta y que perdura hasta la actualidad, a pesar de la instrumentación de distintas políticas para superarla.Se analiza entonces, la crisis del modelo de sustitución de importaciones durante los setenta; la reforma neoliberal iniciada a mediados de los años ochenta, así como la crisis de 1994-1995, punto de inflexión en la historia económica y política moderna de México, cuya gravedad se refleja en una generación de mexicanos marcada por el...

"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.

"Collection of essays on the history of Mexico City by well-known historians includes such topics as urban design, the city council, the Church, and educational institutions. For general, rather than specialized, readership"--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.