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Mexico's Hope: An Encounter with Politics and History
James D. Cockroft
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paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 606.
With guerrilla insurgencies, drug and corruption scandals at the very top, and growing ferment over NAFTA, Mexico is moving at bullet speed to the world's centre stage. This social history details the epic drama behind the crises that promise to transform politics in the Americas. The "encounter" between Europe and Mexico's ancient civilizations is traced forward to the colonial legacy and the uneven development of Mexican capitalism and its authoritarian-technocratic state. Archival materials cast light on the U.S. intervention that helped defeat the revolution of 1920. This work describes the rapid industrialization after 1940 and analyzes the repeated upheavals that ... Read more
With guerrilla insurgencies, drug and corruption scandals at the very top, and growing ferment over NAFTA, Mexico is moving at bullet speed to the world's centre stage. This social history details the epic drama behind the crises that promise to transform politics in the Americas. The "encounter" between Europe and Mexico's ancient civilizations is traced forward to the colonial legacy and the uneven development of Mexican capitalism and its authoritarian-technocratic state. Archival materials cast light on the U.S. intervention that helped defeat the revolution of 1920. This work describes the rapid industrialization after 1940 and analyzes the repeated upheavals that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Monthly Review Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780853459255
SKU
V9780853459255
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