Apariencias engañosas

"La diva reposa y advierte que su hora final se aproxima. Su calmada agonía le permite repasar esa vida entre el glamour y la tragedia; la formación a fuego y fuerza, templada por el desierto y la vocación de ser jinete de su destino. Una hora final que se aproxima solo para coincidir con el aniversario de su nacimiento y así hacer más grande la leyenda: con la muerte, una nueva historia comienza. María reposa y una serie de figuras queridas desfilan de nuevo: Alex Berger, su hijo Quique, Lara, Negrete; el canto de sirena nunca escuchado de Hollywood, el encanto de París; Paplo, su...

"Technical and quantitative study of 1960-90 migration, based on census data. Status and variables such as age, occupation, civil status, education, fertility, income, and infant mortality are cross-tabulated. Census data allow only for inter-state migration analysis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

The main body of the book is the facsimile and transcription of the collection of themanuscript and typed letters and telegraphs mailed between artist Frida Kahlo and doctor LeoEloesser, and enriched with contributions written by experts in art and medicine such as CarlosMonsivais, Teresa del Conde, Juan Pascoe, and others. The group of letters corresponds to 3phases covering from 1936 to 1951: The first part reflects a courteous friendship and a paternalrelationship of total confidence and where she consults him for all medical and personal matters. The second part of the correspondence airs ...

"Traces the political careers of two 'fundamental figures' of the Revolution, both of whom thought that Mexico's future lay in modernization through industrialization. Although Lombardo supported Alemán for the presidency in 1946, the 'bifurcation' soon took place as each had a different vision of the proper road to modernization"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58