Manuel Perlo Cohen Libros
El Paradigma Porfiriano
Well-documented examination of the struggle to construct drainage works in a perpetually-flooding capital. Sees Don Porfirio as Faust in the drama of Mexican development, and argues that the plan to drain Mexico City was just as much a bid for more political and social control as a response to scientific and salutary imperatives –Handbook of
Las Ciencias Sociales En México
Assesses recent development of social sciences in Mexico, training of social scientists, and university admissions by discipline and region. Articles on current debates regarding the appropriateness of methods used to measure quality of research and publications are of particular interest. Also includes valuable discussions of the social impact and significance of social science research, and