Enrique Krauze
Author of Mexico: Biography of Power
About the Author
Enrique Krauze was born in Mexico City, Mexico on September 16, 1947. He received a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the UNAM and a doctorate in history from El Colegio de México. He is a documentary filmmaker, historian, and author. His works include a series of short biographies show more of Mexican leaders such as Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Villa and Porfirio Diaz, as well as the book Mexico: Biography of Power. He is the editor of a magazine called Letras Libres. He has written for several publications including the New York Times, The New Republic, Dissent, and The Washington Post. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Krauze (left) with Andrés Rodriguéz. Wikimedia Commons user Andres rod (Torréon, Mexico, 2006)
Series
Works by Enrique Krauze
La Presidencia Imperial (ascenso y caida del sistema politico mexicano (1940-1996), vol 3) (1997) 61 copies, 3 reviews
Biografía del poder, 4 : Francisco Villa, entre el ángel y el fierro (Biographies of Power) (Spanish Edition) (1987) 37 copies
Biografia del poder/ A Biography of Power: Caudillos de la Revolucion mexicana (1910-1940) (Trilogia Historica de Mexico) (Spanish Edition) (1997) 34 copies, 1 review
Biografía del poder, 6 : Alvaro Obregón, el vértigo de la victoria (Tezontle) (Spanish Edition) (1987) 21 copies
Biografía del poder, 5 : Venustiano Carranza, puente entre siglos (Tezontle) (Spanish Edition) (1987) 19 copies
Biografía del Poder, 2 : Francisco I. Madero, místico de la libertad (Biografia del Poder) (Spanish Edition) (1987) 18 copies
Biografia del poder, 1 : Porfirio Diaz, místico de la autoridad (Tezontle) (Spanish Edition) (1987) 18 copies
Biografía del poder, 7 : Plutarco E. Calles, reformar desde el origen (Biographies of Power) (Spanish Edition) (1987) 15 copies
Caras de la historia / Faces of History I (Liberal Essayist #2) (Ensayista Liberal / Liberal Essayist) (Spanish Edition) (1983) 8 copies
De héroes y mitos 3 copies
Personas e ideas: Conversaciones sobre Historia y Literatura (Ensayo y Pensamiento) (Spanish Edition) (2016) 3 copies
Biografía del poder (Edición revisada): Caudillos de la Revolución Mexicana (1910-1940) (Spanish Edition) (2013) 2 copies
Personas e ideas (Ensayista liberal 1): Conversaciones sobre historia y literatura (Spanish Edition) (2015) 2 copies
La presidencia imperial (Edición revisada): Ascenso y caída del sistema político mexicano (1940-1996) (Spanish Edition) (2013) 2 copies
Crítica al poder presidencial: 1982-2021 / A Critique of Presidential Power in Mexico: 1982-2021 (Spanish Edition) (2022) 1 copy
Arte y toreo 1 copy
Sexenio de Miguel Alemán, el 1 copy
ZAPATA Y VILLA 1 copy
CARRANZA Y OBREGON 1 copy
JUAREZ Y MAXIMILIANO 1 copy
Associated Works
Las guerras de este mundo : sociedad, poder y ficción en la obra de Mario Vargas Llosa (2008) — Contributor — 4 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1947-09-16
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Associated Place (for map)
- Mexico
Members
Reviews
Clear and elegant, an intellectual history of 20th century Latin America thinly draped as biographic sketches.
La Presidencia Imperial: Ascenso y caida del sistema politico mexicano (1940-1996) Edición Andanzas: Biografía by Enrique Krauze
Third and last volume in a series covering the years 1940-1996.
From 1996 This up to date history of Mexican leadership. Excellent. I am working on video review now, at youtube/davidpeacockchannel -- i will update url when review is complete.
19th century interpretation through paintings and lithographs of Mexican history
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Statistics
- Works
- 94
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 1,165
- Popularity
- #22,061
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 133
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