Revolution of hope : the life, faith, and dreams of a Mexican president / Vicente Fox and Rob Allyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox Quesada, Vicente.

Contributor:

Allyn, Rob.

Charles Lee Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fox Quesada, Vicente.

Presidents--Mexico--Biography.

Presidents.

Mexico.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Lee, Ruth Sara (donor) (Lee Collection copy)

Fox Quesada, Vicente (autograph) (Lee Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xx, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Viking, 2007.

Summary:

The charismatic former President of Mexico offers a candid perspective on the state of world affairs. When Vicente Fox swept into office in 2000, he broke the dictatorial one-party rule that had strangled Mexico for over seventy years. Fox worked his way from ranch hand and truck driver to the youngest CEO in the history of Coca-Cola. As president, he steered Mexico's fragile young democracy through turbulent times, ushering in six years of economic stability and reform in health care, education, and housing, with increased freedom of the press. This book interweaves his inspiring personal story with his bold ideas for the future of the planet. Fox speaks forcefully on hot global topics like immigration, the war in Iraq, racism, globalization, the role of the United Nations, free trade, religion, gender equity, indigenous rights and the moral imperative to heal the global divide between rich and poor nations.--From publisher description.

Contents:

The night watchman

Making the Americas

Men for others

The cola wars

The imperfect dictators

The house of the cradle

Guns in the belly

My Schwarzenegger problem

The windshield cowboy

The bread woman of Bangladesh

The burn bag

The spirit of San Cristóbal

September 7

Fortress America

The farmers in the road

Comparing notes

Be careful what you ask for

One foot on the floor

Departures

At the feet of the horses

Walls of fear, dreams of hope.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has booklet from World Affairs Council laid in, guest Vincente Fox. Has dust jacket.

ISBN:

9780670018390

0670018392

OCLC:

137222801