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"Detailed agricultural study of the region of Michoacán bordering the Ciénaga of Chapala, also traces the varied connections of the region to Jalisco. A model regional history with genealogical information based on local sources, including summaries of land titles. Author's vision of hacienda development is based on family histories. Covers both agriculture and stock breeding, and analyzes the qualities of owners and renters. Ranges from the 16th century through 1867"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
This groundbreaking study marks the culmination of over twenty years of research by one of this country's most prominent Mexico scholars. Roderic Ai Camp provides a detailed, comprehensive examination of Mexico's power elite—their political power, societal influence, and the crucial yet often overlooked role mentoring plays in their rise to the top. In the course of this book, he traces the careers of approximately four hundred of the country's most notable politicians, military officers, clergy, intellectuals, and capitalists. Thoroughly researched and drawn from in-depth interviews with some of Mexico's most powerful players, Mexico's Mandarins provides insight into the machinations of Mexican leadership and an important glimpse into the country's future as it steps onto the global stage.
In the eighteenth century the Mexican Church experienced spiritual renewal and intellectual reform. This is a rounded portrait of the Mexican Church at its meridian, touching upon virtually all aspects of religious life.
"Highly original work places the growth of an important state in the national and, at the same time, familial environment. Argues that the Reform must be seen in the context of a general economic upturn begun in the 1840s"--Handbook of Latin American Stud
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El presente libro aborda la formación de líderes; su fundamento es la suposición de que las elites existen, que son relevantes, que funcionan en todos los ámbitos sociales y tienen una influencia medular en sus sucesores, al actuar como mentores de las subsiguientes generaciones de jóvenes líderes. En el presente trabajo se exploran e identifican diversas características del liderazgo en México y, de manera más amplia, se revelan sus atributos en diversos escenarios del tercer mundo, incluyendo algunos fuera del hemisferio occidental. El estudio se enfoca en cuatro puntos interrelacionados: I) establecer la existencia e importancia de la elite del poder en México, describiendo la c...