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An anthology of short stories by regional author, several dedicated to the socioeconomic reality of Ciudad Juárez and others to life and customs in rural areas of northern Chihuahua.
Where but in America could seven children earn seventeen college degrees. Against all odds, but with full support of their hard-working parents, this has been possible for the seven Aguayo children.
En esta reseña histórica el lector viajará por las principales etapas del pueblo mexicano que de alguna forma se manifestarón en el pueblo de Talamantes. Hacia el norte de la hoy República Mexicana quedó comprendido el estado de Chihuahua y en este espacio geográfico se ubica el Municipio de Ignacio Allende (San Bartolomé) y es aquí donde se desarrolla la comunidad de Talamantes, Valle de Allende, Chihuahua. A la cual le dedicamos este trabajo con la categoria de MICRO-HISTORIA. Son los márgenes de del Rio de San Batolomé los que han dado sustento a esta región que se extiende hasta entroncar con le Río Florido en las cercanías de Villa López y Jiménez. Te traslada hasta la c...
Includes two unique fold-out illustrations: 1) a map of Hacienda de Salaices illustrating all structures; 2) recreated topographical map of the Salaices' holdings of multiple haciendas.Cover is full color. The background is an image of the will of Juan de Salaices, overlaid with a photo of the "new" casa grande.
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In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship. A single party ruled Mexico for over seventy years, holding elections and talking about revolution while overseeing one of the world's most inequitable economies. The contributors to this groundbreaking collection revise earlier interpretations, arguing that state power was not based exclusively on hegemony, corporatism, or violence. Force was real, but it was also exercised by the ruled. It went hand-in-hand with consent, produced by resource regulation, political pragmatism, local autonomies and a popular veto. The result was a dictablanda: a soft authoritar...
In the 1920s, Mexico established rural normales—boarding schools that trained teachers in a new nation-building project. Drawn from campesino ranks and meant to cultivate state allegiance, their graduates would facilitate land distribution, organize civic festivals, and promote hygiene campaigns. In Unintended Lessons of Revolution, Tanalís Padilla traces the history of the rural normales, showing how they became sites of radical politics. As Padilla demonstrates, the popular longings that drove the Mexican Revolution permeated these schools. By the 1930s, ideas about land reform, education for the poor, community leadership, and socialism shaped their institutional logic. Over the coming...