Inventing North America : Canada, Mexico, and the United States / Guy Poitras.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poitras, Guy E., 1942- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North America--Economic integration.

North America.

North America--Economic conditions.

North America--Foreign economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : American Mathematical Society, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Poitras probes the transformation of North America in the contemporary era, especially the movement of Canada, Mexico, and the U.S.—the NA-3—toward closer ties.

Contents:

""Book Title""; ""Table of Contents""; ""1-The World in North America / North America in the World""; ""Balance of Power""; ""The State of the State""; ""Globalization""; ""Designing the Global Economy""; ""Gains and Gaps""; ""North and South""; ""Nations and Ethnonational Politics""; ""The North American Three in the World""; ""2-The Three States of North America""; ""Standing""; ""Table 2.1 World Rankings of the United States, Canada, and Mexico""; ""Inside North America""; ""Table 2.2 North America in Brief Statistical Profile""; ""Does North America Exist?""; ""3-Neighbors and Partners""

""A Triad of Perspectives""""Pyramid or Triangle?""; ""Borders and Region States""; ""Table 3.1 Export Shares as a Percentage of Total Exports, 1990�1999""; ""Enduring Issues""; ""Table 3.2 Ranking of North American States on Six Trade Dimensions""; ""Table 3.3 Rankings of Commodities in Intra-North American Trade, 1996""; ""North America Rising?""; ""4-Global Forces""; ""U.S. Power""; ""Multilateralism""; ""Regionalization""; ""Asia Rising""; ""The European Track""; ""Halfway Globalization""; ""Outside In""; ""5-Regional Factors""; ""Convergence""; ""Coalitions""; ""Interdependence""

""Fateful Attraction""""6-Trading Places""; ""FTA or PTA?""; ""GATT-ability""; ""First Step""; ""Three�s Company""; ""A Shade of Green""; ""The Rocky Road to Regionalism""; ""7-Promise and Peril""; ""Promises, Promises""; ""What Peril?""; ""The Incomplete Record""; ""A Bottom Line?""; ""8-Norht and South""; ""Looking Backward""; ""Regional Rumblings""; ""Table 8.1 Share of U.S. Exports to the Western Hemisphere as a Percentage of U.S. Exports to the World, 1994""; ""The FTAA""; ""Mercosur""; ""Brazil, Mercosur, and the FTAA""; ""The Others""; ""North, South, and the FTAA""

""9-Between East and West""""West Meets West""; ""Table 9.1 Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 1992�1999""; ""Table 9.2 U.S. Foreign Investment Position Abroad, 1993�1999""; ""Around the Rim""; ""Table 9.3 Merchandise Exports of Selected Trade Partners as a Percentage of Total Exports of Trade Partners, 1996, 1997""; ""North America in the Tripolar World""; ""10-Conclusion: Predicaments and Possibilities""; ""The Six Predicaments""; ""North America in the Twenty-first Century""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-003-6

1-55587-964-0

OCLC:

1334343625