BIOGRAPHY

Alejandro Tortolero Villaseñor is Professor of History at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa (México). His research focuses on agrarian history and the economic history of natural resources in México, especially water. His books include De la Coa a la Máquina de Vapor: Actividad e Innovación Tecnológica en las Haciendas Mexicanas: 1880-1914 (1995), El Agua y su Historia México y sus Desafios hacia el Siglo XXI (2000), Notarios y agricultores. Crecimiento y atraso en el campo mexicano, 1780-1920 (2008), Penser avec des chiffres. Banque et investissements français au Mexique, 1880-1929( 2018).

His work has been recognized and funded by various institutions, notably by the Guggenheim foundation. During his time at UC Davis as HIA Visiting Fellow (2022-2023), he will be working on the project “Water, Forest, and Landscape: For an Environmental History of Mexico (1780-1980),” an interdisciplinary and collaborative effort examining the economic growth and stagnation of the Mexican countryside for two centuries.