Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The making of a market The making of a market Juliette Levy "Examines the functioning of credit markets in Mexico, through the agency of notaries, during the Yucatan region's nineteenth-century henequen export boom. Explores the mobilization of capital and th… OL16555024W
Cities and citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico border Cities and citizenship at the U.S.-Mexico border Kathleen A. Staudt,Julia Estela Monárrez Fragoso "At the center of the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border, a sprawling transnational urban space has mushroomed into a metropolitan region with over two million people whose livelihoods depend on global ma… OL16596078W
Defiant braceros Defiant braceros Mireya Loza "In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the history of the Bracero Program (1942-1964), the binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of male … OL20039972W
Confronting globalization Confronting globalization Timothy A. Wise Annotation OL20880141W
Neoliberalism, transnationalization, and rural poverty Neoliberalism, transnationalization, and rural poverty John Gledhill "An analysis of agrarian reform policies and their impact on the rural poor during the Salinas administration (1988-94). Argues that neoliberal policies must be analyzed through the lens of class-bas… OL2919653W
Caminos y transportes en México Caminos y transportes en México Sergio Ortiz Hernán "Excellent study of the country's early economy. Using largely primary sources, the author provides a vivid picture of the economy and transportion patterns of Mexico up to the time of Independence"-… OL3115768W
The paradox of the Mexican state The paradox of the Mexican state Julie A. Erfani "Helpful explanation of the evolution of Mexican national sovereignty and the interrelationship between the role of the State and the development of political nationalism from the 1820s through 1994.… OL3503548W
Los grandes cambios de nuestro tiempo Los grandes cambios de nuestro tiempo Coloquio de Invierno (1992 Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico) "Based on important two-week conference (Feb. 1992) at UNAM with authorative experts from Latin America, the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Twenty-five presentations in vol. 1 address from various per… OL4009087W
Saltillo, 1770-1810 Saltillo, 1770-1810 Leslie Scott Offutt "At the end of the eighteenth century, the community of Saltillo in north-eastern Mexico was a thriving hub of commerce. Over the previous hundred years its population had doubled to 11,000, and the … OL8530591W