Apariencias engañosas

The book edited by researchers Thomas Calvo and Paulina Machuca - both members of the project "Proyecto Vencer la distancia" (Overcoming the distance) - comprises the participation of fourteen specialists in the discipline of social sciences. "If the Philippines and Mexico had had very close relationships in the two and a half centuries that the Manila Galleon was sailing (1565-1815), the relations diluted when Mexico chose Independence and the Philippines continued under Spanish domain until 1898. It was precisely these years of disagreement that we were interested in: like all the periods...

Este cuarto volumen narra los cambios y vivencias del siglo XIX. Desligarse formalmente de Espa a no provoc cambios inmediatos en la vestimenta ni en la comida y mucho menos en la mentalidad de los diversos sectores de la poblaci n. Pero, al poco tiempo, la cultura material se fue transformando. Las casas se constru an de distinta manera, otros ingredientes hicieron su aparici n en la cocina, la educaci n se volvi m s utilitarista, la moral m s laica, el culto religioso m s de espacios privados. Bienes y vivencias antes desconocidos -la luz el ctrica o el transporte en tranv a- se volvieron...

The characteristics of 208 prehispanic sites located east of the state of Guerrero. Preliminary results are presented for two research projects.

"Explores Mexico's experience with import-subsitution industrialization through the eyes of the Mexican business class. Discusses the agendas of Mexico's major business organizations and evaluates their position on state intervention, state-labor relations, and other issues"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.