Mexico and the Caribbean under Castro's eyes : a journal of decolonization, state formation & democratization. / Colin Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, Colin G., author.

Series:

Studies of the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Mexico--History--20th century.

Mexico.

Caribbean Area--History--20th century.

Caribbean Area.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

This book provides a first-hand account of the author's encounters as a social geographer, based on his field research and travels in Mexico and the Caribbean. The interlocutors of different classes and races introduce the reader to a variety of urban and rural communities, many of them involved in development projects. Two leitmotifs of the 1960s and 1970s recur throughout the volume: decolonization, state formation, and the quest for democracy in the post-colonial societies of Mexico and the Caribbean; and the conditions which were likely to constrain or challenge these developments, quintessentially associated with the 1959 Cuban revolution, the cold war and student radicalism--back cover.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Mexico and the Caribbean

2. Mexico in 1966

3. The Caribbean in the Late 1960s

4. The Caribbean in the Early 1970s

5. Oaxaca, Mexico, and Barbuda in 1978

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-237) and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Clarke, Colin G. Mexico and the Caribbean under Castro's eyes.

ISBN:

3319771698

9783319771694

OCLC:

1022775827