Costumbrismo y litografía en México

Book and magazine publication was significantly transformed during the nineteenth century as a result of the introduction of lithography. In Mexico, this led to a boom in illustrated publications portraying figures and scenes that came to be regarded as representative of the essence of the nation. This work deals with the coming into being of the costumbrista genre in Mexico in both literature and the graphic arts, and is the fruit of painstaking research into the journalistic records.