The Mexican and Mexican American Experience in the 19th Century

Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...

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"Vapor al norte, tren al sur," aborda un tema hasta ahora no considerado por la historiografia como lo es el estudio y explicacion de los viajes gubernamentales ocurridos en el Chile decimononico. Interpretados como una practica politica promovida desde el poder destinada a captar la adhesion y la simpatia popular, a traves de ellos se analizan los cambios producidos en el sistema politico chileno que, en la epoca de Balmaceda, hicieron posible novedosas formas de representacion del Presidente y la expansion de su base de apoyo, asi como tambien la dilatacion del espacio publico nacional y la ...

"Inventario de los libros que han tenido ingreso en la secretaría de la Real academía," 1922-29, with v. 83, 85, 87, 89, 91-92, 96, 99.