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"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.

Bajo la sombra de la M es la primera novela de Estíbaliz Delgado Amaya, en la cual narra su vida como madre de cuatro hijos, esposa y banquera de inversión en San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, México. En una cena en Houston, Texas conoce a Benjamín Peterson, dueño de un fondo de inversión estadounidense, el cual la invita a ser parte de su Consejo de Administración. Ella indaga acerca de Benjamín y se da cuenta que enfrentará su opinión en materia económica con las de ese grupo de americanos conservadores, en un momento en el que la relación entre los dos países se encuentra...

Exhibition of the mural and the art surrounding Diego Rivera's famous mural " Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central". Completed in 1947, the mural depicts scenes and people from the Spanish Conquest to the middle of the 20th century. The exhibition is based on the documentary collection of the great collector Ricardo Pérez Escamilla. The exhibition unites in order the documents and original publications that have iconographic roots in the mural. Other works of the epoch have been included to show different imagery or graphics of the images present in the mural as a complement...

"Excellent study of the Dominican Order in the 16th century. Avoids a chronological account giving the reader instead a methodical analysis of the institutional, social, and economic organization of the order. To the prototypes of the urban and the rural convents, Pita Moreda adds a balanced assessment of the missionary activities"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.