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Mexican Lives

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I take a group of graduate nursing students to Oaxaca every year for a two-week language acquisition and practice experience. Previously I used a collection of articles from popular press and health care literature to provide background. Now, I use Mexican Lives to prepare these students with excellent results. I cannot imagine a better reading assignment of this type for the students. To me, it is a perceptive, thoughtful and beautifully written book.

Mexican Lives by Judith Adler Hellman is an amazing and important book, which focuses on the lives of Mexicans; ranging from the rich and poor, urban and rural, north and south. The author gives an insight of the truth of every Mexicans struggle. A great book to learn and enjoy about the government dealing with political issues. I personally did not enjoy this book, but I highly recommend this book to readers that are interested in politics and governmental policies.

Judith Hellman's book reflects the care and respect she gave to the people she studied. This is always a good thing to see from a social scientist!! (Nothing like Margaret Mead!!) Since Judith Hellman was my professor this year at York University, I saw first hand how much she enjoyed her work, and how seriously she took it too. This is a GREAT read for anyone who is interested in Mexican lives from the human level.....not just what the media tells us!!