Maï¿½ana Forever? Mexico and the Mexicans

Name: Maï¿½ana Forever? Mexico and the Mexicans
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ISBN: 9780375404245

ISBN-10: 0375404244

ISBN-13: 9780375404245

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jorge G. Castaï¿½eda

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From the renowned scholar of Mexican culture and history and former foreign minister, a book that sheds much- needed light on the puzzling paradoxes of his native country, the fate of which is inextricably intertwined with our own. Although its people traditionally avoid conflict, Mexico is plagued by violence. It has an ambivalent and conflicted relationship with the United States and yet is home to more American expatriates than any other country in the world. Its people tend to reject foreigners, yet they have made their nation one of the world#x19;s most popular tourist destinations. And while Mexicans have historically preferred isolated living, as the country#x19;s population swells…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/17/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface



Why Mexicans are Lousy at Soccer and Don't Like Skyscrapers



At Last: A Mexican Middle Class



Victims and Enemies of Conflict and Competition



Finally, Mexican Democracy



The Power of the Past and the Fear of die Foreign



At Last: An Open Society, an Open Economy, an Open Mind?



Illusory Laws, Lawless Cynicism



The Law of the Land, or the Land of the Law?



The Future in Real Time


Notes


Index