Historia de la vida cotidiana en México

"Concerned with the geographical definition of the intendancies and their administrative structure. Excellent maps make this work a useful tool for historical geography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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...

An lisis prolijo del desenvolvimiento de la administraci n p blica mexicana a partir del intento reciente por cambiar la estructura organizativa heredada de la Colonia y la etapa independiente.

Este libro contiene una muestra representativa del discurso del presidente Vicente Fox Quesada. Su intenci n es dar a conocer el pensamiento, ideas y propuestas que estructuraron y dirigieron las distintas pol ticas sociales y p blicas del gobierno. la discusi n de los problemas nacionales, la participaci n ciudadana, el respeto a los derechos humanos, inclusi n y equidad social, as como la transparencia y rendici n de cuentas son algunos de los temas que se revisan en esta obra.