Mexico : why a few are rich and the people poor / Ramon Eduardo Ruiz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruiz, Ramón Eduardo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--Mexico.

Economic development.

Poverty--Mexico.

Poverty.

Mexico--Economic conditions.

Mexico.

Mexico--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612732546

9781282732544

1282732544

9780520947528

0520947525

OCLC:

659563148