El comercio y el poder en México, 1821-1864

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Es éste un ágil relato periodístico que, lejos de sucumbir a las valoraciones simplistas o las opiniones maniqueas, deja hablar a los actores, rescata testimonios y documentos, pone en orden la historia, para entender mejor las ideas del México inconforme, guerrillero, que se lanza a la lucha armada porque ve cerrados todos los caminos. Sólo tomando el pulso al pasado podremos adivinar lo que nos espera en el futuro.

La dictadura del general Franco, una de las más duraderas de la historia contemporánea, prolongó durante más de tres décadas la división entre vencedores y vencidos que había generado la Guerra Civil. Pero desde finales de los años cincuenta, bajo la inmovilidad de un régimen crecientemente anacrónico, la sociedad española se modernizaba a impulsos del desarrollo económico, la urbanización y los contactos con la Europa democrática. Esta fue la gran baza que facilitó, por primera vez en nuestra historia, el triunfo pleno de la democracia. Sin embargo, no fue una tarea fácil. En ...