03160nam 2200673Ia 450 991082637070332120200520144314.01-282-73254-497866127325460-520-94752-510.1525/9780520947528(CKB)2670000000411953(EBL)570669(OCoLC)659563148(SSID)ssj0000423104(PQKBManifestationID)11306874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423104(PQKBWorkID)10440497(PQKB)11365905(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056092(MiAaPQ)EBC570669(MdBmJHUP)muse30809(DE-B1597)520309(DE-B1597)9780520947528(Au-PeEL)EBL570669(CaPaEBR)ebr10409317(CaONFJC)MIL273254(EXLCZ)99267000000041195320100322d2010 uy 0engurnnu---|u||utxtccrMexico why a few are rich and the people poor /Ramon Eduardo Ruiz1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20101 online resource (303 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26235-2 0-520-26236-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --1. Ramblings on Mexican Underdevelopment --2. El Mexicano --3. The Legacy --4. Free Traders and Capitalists --5. Colonialism's Thumb --6. Lost Opportunity --7. Internal Market --8. False Miracle --9. Death of a Dream --10. NAFTA --Epilogue --Notes --Bibliography --IndexExplicitly focusing on the malaise of underdevelopment that has shaped the country since the Spanish conquest, Ramón Eduardo Ruiz offers a panoramic interpretation of Mexican history and culture from the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras through the twentieth century. Drawing on economics, psychology, literature, film, and history, he reveals how development processes have fostered glaring inequalities, uncovers the fundamental role of race and class in perpetuating poverty, and sheds new light on the contemporary Mexican reality. Throughout, Ruiz traces a legacy of dependency on outsiders, and considers the weighty role the United States has played, starting with an unjust war that cost Mexico half its territory. Based on Ruiz's decades of research and travel in Mexico, this penetrating work helps us better understand where the country has come, why it is where it is today, and where it might go in the future.Economic developmentMexicoPovertyMexicoMexicoEconomic conditionsMexicoEconomic policyEconomic developmentPoverty330.972Ruiz Ramon Eduardo692877MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826370703321Mexico4069367UNINA