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In James A. Michener's Mexico, one of the world's greatest bestselling writers tells the story of a tumultuous land, in a novel that vividly captures the sweep of Mexico's colorful history and teems with a multitude of unforgettable characters. Moving between the past and present - from important events in Mexico's history to the excitement of a modern-day bullfight - and ranging from the arid plains of Mexico to Inquisition Spain and Civil War Virginia, here is the stirring saga of a man and a nation searching for their identities. Norman Clay, an American journalist, arrives in Mexico not...

"Nine critical essays by well-known authors (González Casanovas, De la Peña, Eduardo Menéndez, and others) examine role of government and public policies during 1980s. Some issues include health, education and technology policies, Church-State relations, political transformation toward modernization, and new political culture"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Los años noventa son recordados por sus promesas: el fin de la luchas ideológicas, la supuesta entrada de México al prestigioso club del primer mundo, la llegada de un régimen global, democrático y multicultural. Sergio González Rodríguez, célebre por analizar la violencia que se desató en nuestro país tras la ruptura de cada una de estas ilusiones, nos ofrece en este libro la memoria franca y personalísima de esos días que sellaron un milenio--Page 4 of cover.

Selection of the papers presented at the XXIII Encuentro Nacional de Investigadores del Pensamiento Novohispano in Zacatecas in 2010.