La real historia de México

A compilation of documents in the collection of the Archivo General de la Nación in Mexico City. Dating from the end of 17th to the second half of the 18th century, they recount the period of the Jesuits in Sonora, as well as their expulsion and the enforcement of the Bourbonic laws. The documents detail the position of the Jesuit religious order with respect to colonization and the means they put into effect to organize indigenous populations of Sonora.

Esta obra cubre un tema que hasta ahora ha sido poco explorado: aunque es abundante la historiograf a sobre el M xico novohispano e independiente, el caso particular de los caminos y transportes, a pesar de su relevancia, ha sido escasamente estudiado. Ortiz Hern n subraya la importancia de los caminos y transportes, no s lo Para la vida econ mica y pol tica, sino tambi n Para la vida cultural de la naci n.

"Focuses on the government's liberalization of trade, particularly that with North America. Concludes with an excellent assessment of the pros and cons of the external sector reforms"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

"Examines Madero's economic ideas and his approach to various economic issues, including labor-management relations, agrarian reform, and fiscal policy. Argues that Madero's economic policies fell somewhere between 19th-century Liberalism and a more modern interventionism"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.