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"Carefully researched study of the economic impact of the Chilean occupation of Lima during the War of the Pacific. Looks at banking and the roles of emerging Spanish and Chinese merchants. Concludes that the economic 'ruin' of Lima by the end of the occupation was nearly complete. Suggests that the economic issues of the Chilean occupation were so profound that they played a significant role in delaying the final settlement of the War of the Pacific claims until 1929"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Respected political scientists analyze role of electoral left in parliamentary policy and in construction of quality of government. Also broaches topic of organization of leftist groupings in party form. Written during 2018 presidential campaign when victory of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was near certainty, proposes thesis that left became one of most powerful electoral forces in Mexico by dint of long years of struggle against repression and by tenacity to insert itself in new democratic order.

El presente libro contiene trabajos de 48 especialistas en econom a y deuda, comercio, inversi n, migraci n, narcotr fico, pol tica exterior, relaciones internacionales, educaci n y opini n p blica que analizan las relaciones de M xico y Estados Unidos.

La seleccion de los ensayos contenidos en este libro es, evidentemente, parcial. Corresponde a una determinada aproximacion a la situacion del pais y pretende abarcar solo algunos aspectos, pero dentro de un esquema consistente de pensamiento y de exposicion. Los temas que se consideran se abordan desde una posicion critica y con la idea de que eso que llamamos usualmente "la realidad" exige una vision de trasluz, ya que las circunstancias no son como se presentan directamente a nuestro entendimiento, sobre todo en el marco de lo que opera en un momento dado como la sabiduria convencional,...

1888, pt. 2, includes meteoroloical observations reported from the Observatorio Meteorológico-Magnético de Central Mexico, for the years 1877-1888.