Yucatan in an Era of Globalization [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baklanoff, Eric N.

Contributor:

Moseley, Edward H., 1931-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

Yucata ́n (State).

Local Subjects:

Globalization.

Yucata ́n (State).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2009.

Summary:

This work describes the profound changes to Yucatán's society and economy following the 1982 debt crisis that prostrated Mexico's economy. The editors have assembled contributions from seasoned "Yucatecologists"-historians, geographers, cultural students, and an economist-to chart the accelerated change in Yucatán from a monocrop economy to a full beneficiary and victim of rampant globalization.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction: Yucatán since the 1982 Mexican Debt Crisis; 1. Yucatán's Prelude to Globalization; 2. Globalization and the Evolving Port Landscape of Progreso; 3. A Wheel of Fortune: Yucatán's Entrepreneurial Elite from the Revolution to Globalization; 4. Yucatán: Mexico's Other Maquiladora Frontier; 5. Tinum, Yucatán: A Maya Village and the Lights of Cancún; 6. Chan Kom Tourism and Migration in the Making of the New Maya Milpas; 7. From Tallapoosa to Tixkokob: Two Communities Share Globalization

8. Embracing Community: An Alternative Tourism for YucatánContributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

560642964