Ultima llamada

RESUMEN: Entre los principales factores de las luchas independentistas figuran las tendencias socioeconómicas de la época, el ideario de la Ilustración, las rivalidades entre los imperios europeos y los nacionalismos que empezaban a surgir tanto en Europa como en América. Los orígenes, el desarrollo y las consecuencias de esta peculiaridad son analizados acuciosamente por Ernesto de la Torre Villar.

"Assesses the local impact of the Bourbon reforms on northwest Mexico and sheds light on the effectiveness - or lack thereof - of the reform plan"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Mexico may be able to recover Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. Will Venustiano Carranza accept the offer of the German government to recover that lost territory? Silently a violent storm is growing. The Mexican president analyze the German Kaizer Guillermo II, without knowing that this telegram Zimmermann Telegram- has been decrypted by Great Britain detonating the first world war.

"Superb guide to a collection of documents from 1746-1823 given to Univ. Iberoamericana by philanthropist Manuel Arango Arías. Volume contains many papers relating to Miguel Hidalgo and family, as well as a large group devoted to independence. Excellent indices make this work a model of its kind. Recommended"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.