"The first months of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines presidency (1952-1958) were critical for coining a new image of the ruling party, pri, and effacing the image of a corrupt and wasteful government . A government-sponsored campaign ...

This article analyzes the presence and contributions of foreign scientists in Mexico during the 19th century, highlighting how the country's independence and international openness attracted numerous European and North ...

"This article analyzes leisure in Durango during the 1830s and 1840s as a form of social control. It argues that these practices, beyond their recreational value, reinforced the order, morality, and authority promoted by ...

Using newspapers from the time as sources, the article explores local processes of modernization in the city of Monterrey. It analyzes the urbanization projects, speeches, discussions and arguments that occupied ...

Given the amount collaborations (more than 70) that make up the body of the two volumes that constitutes the work, we will just say this is structured in seven general parts listed in the table of contents of the work.

"In 1782 it was ordered to divide Mexico City into eight major barracks and 32 minor barracks in order to facilitate the path of justice. At the same time, different characters were created to take care of the order. The ...

The article examines the elections held in the provinces of Barinas (Venezuela) and Casanare (New Granada) between 1820 and 1821 to elect deputies for the General Congress of Colombia in Cúcuta. Taking place in the midst ...

This article analyzes the formation and the early years of Puebla’s Catholic Circle, a confessional organization composed of secular persons on a clerical initiative. It draws attention to the actions of a number of Catholics ...

El gobernador provisional Francisco Solórzano Béjar tuvo que sortear dos grandes dificultades en 1926: una, la aplicación de las medidas anticlericales del callismo, reduciendo y controlando el número de sacerdotes en el ...