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En 1946, ya mace mas de sesenta anos, llego por primera vez a México el historiador francés François Chevalier (1914-2012). Becario del Institut français d'Amérique Latine (IFAL), fue coutratado para ultimar su tesis doctoral sobre la gran propiedad en Nueva Espana. Defendida su tesis en 1949, fue nombrado director del mismo Instituto, funcion que cumplio hasta 1962. Director de una institucion francesa en el extranjero, en un periodo tan complejo y fértil como aquel de la inmediata post segunda querra mondial, promovio un espacio de encuentro y de debate para los investigadores de las...

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.

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 ...

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