Beginnings of contemporary Mexico

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

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...

"Important study of the Maximato (1928-34) sees Cardenismo as the culmination of - rather than the replacement for - many important political developments under Calles. Concludes that there were 'important differences' but also 'essential overlaps' between Calles and Cárdenas. Cardenismo would not have been possible without the Maximato"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

¿Nos movemos? No es fácil contestar esta pregunta. Poco se sabe sobre la movilidad social en México. La pobreza y la desigualdad en la distribución de la riqueza han sido los dos temas que tradicionalmente han acaparado la atención cuando se abordan los problemas de la sociedad. Y sin embargo, la movilidad social --o más bien su falta-- merece ser reconocida como uno de los grandes males sociales que nos afligen. Al dar a conocer los resultados de la primera encuesta nacional sobre movilidad social que se ha elaborado en nuestro país, este libro busca ofrecer elementos de análisis...