In the shadow of the giant
Subtitle: the Americanization of modern Mexico
By: Joseph Contreras.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780813544823
Subjects: Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1988-2000; Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 1994-; Mexico -- Social conditions -- 1970-; Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico; Mexico -- Civilization -- American influences
Work titles: Tan lejos de Dios.
Description: "In this first book to view modem Mexico in the era of NAFTA and globalization, In the Shadow of the Giant offers insight into the land on our southern border. Revealing a vastly different physical and cultural landscape from his days as a young journalist living in Mexico in the mid-1980s, Joseph Contreras tracks the relentless and ongoing Americanization of his ancestral home. In addition to embracing our virtues and vices, Contreras argues that our southern neighbor has become a de facto economic colony of the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.