Clipperton, isla mexicana (Seccion de Obras de Historia) (Spanish Edition) [Hardcover]

González Avelar Miguel (Author)

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Publication Date: December 31, 2004 | Series: Seccion de Obras de Historia

Esta crónica glosada sobre el litigio internacional que provoca en su momento la posesión de la isla Clipperton entre los gobiernos de Francia y México no sólo rescata y sintetiza la abundante y dispersa información sobre el tema, sino que establece una serie de líneas de análisis político e histórico en el que queda de manifiesto el trasfondo real de la disputa que fue la defensa de intereses económicos y políticos creados en torno de una isla.

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Text: Spanish

Product Details

• Hardcover: 249 pages
• Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Económica; 1. ed edition (December 31, 2004)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 9681637879
• ISBN-13: 978-9681637873
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,014,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great stories, March 17, 2011

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Eric Chevreuil "Pardon my French" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clipperton, isla mexicana (Seccion de Obras de Historia) (Spanish Edition) (Hardcover)

The Mexicans have been claiming this island forever....and starting anew with American support. The island is French and its Exclusive Economic Zone is rich in Tuna among other things. Thanks to the fishes and to the extent of its global maritime territories and especially thanks to Clipperton's maritime territory next to the americas, France sits high at the board of the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)and can dictates its fishing conditions to America....with a stronger voice than Mexico will ever have even with Clipperton...

Anyways...while this tape is a claim for Clipperton to be given to Mexico, it is also a great historical review of its Mexican occupation.

So much has happened on this little ring of coral 3 days out at sea from Acapulco.

You name it: pirates, sharks, discoveries and re-discoveries, claims and counter-claims, shipwrecks, guano mining form San Francisco, England and Mexican colony, starvation, drownings, murder and rape, last minute rescue, secret US mission turned into a disaster, secret base, sea plane base and hurricane, stranded fishermen and stranded boats...

What else do you want...in a true story!