The Mexican shock : its meaning for the United States

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Label

The Mexican shock : its meaning for the United States

Title remainder

its meaning for the United States

Statement of responsibility

Jorge G. Castañeda

Creator

• Castañeda, Jorge G., 1953-

Subject

• Economische situatie
• Etats-Unis -- Relations -- Mexique
• Geschichte 1982-1994
• Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 1994-
• Mexico -- Emigration and immigration
• Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1988-2000
• Mexico -- Relations -- United States
• Mexiko
• Mexique -- Conditions économiques | Année 1982
• Mexique -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1988-
• Buitenlandse betrekkingen
• Mexique -- Émigration et immigration
• México -- Condiciones económicas -- 1982
• México -- Emigración e inmigración
• México -- Política y gobierno -- 1988
• México -- Relaciones (Generales) con EE.UU
• Politieke geschiedenis
• USA
• United States -- Relations -- Mexico
• États-Unis -- Relations -- Mexique
• Mexique -- Relations -- États-Unis

Language

eng

Summary

In his extraordinarily timely new book, Castaneda focuses in on Mexico, a country whose fate is increasingly entwined with that of the United States. In Castaneda's view, Mexico is still a society about which too little is known and too much is proposed. Americans have been unsure how to interpret the enormous changes that are taking place in today's Mexico - and affecting today's United States - from the Chiapas rebellion of 1994 to the current economic crisis. Castaneda examines the key issues in Mexican life: the impact of emigration, the relationship between politics and economics, and the enormous cultural changes taking place as Mexico moves closer to the United States. He also explores the United States' changing perceptions of Mexico and the basic historic and cultural outlooks that still divide the two countries. Finally, he examines the campaign behind Proposition 187 in California, discussing the dangerous mix of ignorance and bias that has formed so much of America's reaction to Mexico

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

303.48/272073/09049

Index

no index present

LC call number

E183.8.M6

LC item number

C27 1995

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography