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Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : why a few are rich and the people poor / / Ramón Eduardo Ruiz



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Autore: Ruiz Ramón Eduardo Visualizza persona
Titolo: Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : why a few are rich and the people poor / / Ramón Eduardo Ruiz Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
Disciplina: 330.972
Soggetto topico: Economic development - Mexico
Poverty - Mexico
Soggetto geografico: Mexico Economic conditions
Mexico Economic policy
Soggetto non controllato: 20th century
class differences
colonial era
contemporary mexico
dependent
economic oppression
economics
inequality
international relations
malaise
mexican class system
mexican culture
mexican history
mexican literature and film
mexico
modern mexico
national development
nonfiction
poverty
prehispanic era
psychology
race and class
spanish conquest
systematic oppression
underdevelopment
united states
war and territory
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Explicitly 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Mexico  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-73254-4
9786612732546
0-520-94752-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910787302703321
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