¿Nos movemos?

"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.

Compilación que recoge testimonios de varios de los actores y observadores del sitio de Querétaro, suceso que se desarrolló del 9 de marzo al 15 de mayo de 1867 y apuntaló la caída del Imperio de Maximiliano, de cuyo proceso se presenta un memorándum redactado por miembros del bando republicano. Reúne documentos escritos por los oficiales Mariano Esobedo, Sóstenes Rocha (ambos liberales) y Alberto Hans (imperialista); Samuel Basch, médico de Maximiliano, y la princesa de Salm-Salm, figura próxima a la corte.

Siete escritores contemporaneos espanoles ofrecen aqui sus impresiones de Mexico durante sus estancias en diversas oportunidades. Seis de ellos son menores de 40 anos y solo uno nacio en 1928. Los testimonios ponen de manifiesto que el pais sigue cautivando a los extranjeros.

Los de abjo treats what is perhaps the saddest period in modern Mexican history, a period of aimless slaughter when a whole nation was plunged into strife by leaders who had few clear ideas of what they were striving for. The reader shares the same disillusionment that the author himself must have felt as he met leader after leader whose revolutionary zeal was merely a disguise for base passions and desires.