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Mexico and the United States: Ambivalent Vistas (The United States and the Americas) Paperback – Illustrated, February 15, 2010
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Drug wars, NAFTA, presidential politics, and heightened attention to Mexican immigration are just some of the recent issues that are freshly interpreted in this updated survey of Mexican-U.S. relations.
The fourth edition has been completely revised and offers a lively, engaging, and up-to-date analysis of historical patterns of change and continuity as well as contemporary issues. Ranging from Mexican antiquity and the arrival of the Spanish and British to the present-day administrations of Felipe Calderón and Barack Obama, historians Dirk Raat and Michael Brescia evaluate the political, economic, and cultural trends and events that have shaped the ways that Mexicans and Americans have regarded each other over the centuries. Raat and Brescia pay special attention to the factors that have subordinated Mexico not only to "the colossus of the North" but to many other players in the global economy. They also provide a unique look at the cultural dynamics of Gran Chichimeca or Mexamerica, the borderlands where the two countries share a common history. The bibliographical essay has been revised to reflect current research and scholarship.
- Print length348 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press
- Publication dateFebruary 15, 2010
- Dimensions6 x 0.77 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100820333670
- ISBN-13978-0820333670
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A lively, balanced interpretation that students will enjoy and from which they will learn a great deal about Mexico.
-- American Historical ReviewA fine study . . . Should become the standard work on United States-Mexican relations.
-- Journal of American HistoryAn intelligent, well-written overview . . . This book should attract a large reading audience.
-- Hispanic American Historical ReviewAn interesting work . . . There is a lot packed into this book.
-- International History ReviewThis welcome book on Mexico and the United States approaches their relationship eclectically. . . . Raises many interesting and significant questions about the two countries' relationship.
-- Library JournalA profound work . . . of great utility for better understanding [Mexican] society and history.
-- IberoamericanaReview
A lively, balanced interpretation that students will enjoy and from which they will learn a great deal about Mexico.
A fine study . . . Should become the standard work on United States-Mexican relations.
An intelligent, well-written overview . . . This book should attract a large reading audience.
An interesting work . . . There is a lot packed into this book.
This welcome book on Mexico and the United States approaches their relationship eclectically. . . . Raises many interesting and significant questions about the two countries' relationship.
A profound work . . . of great utility for better understanding [Mexican] society and history.
From the Back Cover
The fourth edition has been completely revised and offers a lively, engaging, and up-to-date analysis of historical patterns of change and continuity as well as contemporary issues. Ranging from Mexican antiquity and the arrival of the Spanish and British to the present-day administrations of Felipe Caldern and Barack Obama, historians W. Dirk Raat and Michael M. Brescia evaluate the political, economic, and cultural trends and events that have shaped the ways that Mexicans and Americans have regarded each other over the centuries. Raat and Brescia pay special attention to the factors that have subordinated Mexico not only to "the Colossus of the North" but to many other players in the global economy. They also provide a unique look at the cultural dynamics of Gran Chichimeca or Mexamerica, the borderlands where the two countries share a common history. The bibliographical essay has been revised to reflect current research and scholarship.
About the Author
MICHAEL M. BRESCIA is curator of Ethnohistory in the Arizona State Museum and affiliated professor of history at the University of Arizona. He is co-author of North America: An Introduction (with John C. Super), and has published his research in a variety of scholarly journals.
Product details
- Publisher : University of Georgia Press; 4th Revised ed. edition (February 15, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 348 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0820333670
- ISBN-13 : 978-0820333670
- Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.77 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,527,520 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,150 in International Diplomacy (Books)
- #5,000 in Mexico History
- #197,486 in United States History (Books)
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Michael M. Brescia, Ph.D., is Curator of Ethnohistory in the Arizona State Museum at the University of Arizona, with faculty affiliations in the Department of History, James E. Rogers College of Law, Center for Latin American Studies, Southwest Center, and the Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies. He is the co-author of two books that examine the broader historical forces that have shaped our continent from Pre-Columbian times to the present: the fourth edition of Mexico and the United States: Ambivalent Vistas (with W. Dirk Raat, University of Georgia Press, 2010), and North America: An Introduction (with John C. Super, University of Toronto Press, 2009). His research on the living legacies of Spanish and Mexican law in the United States has appeared in such journals as Western Legal History, The Public Historian, and Journal of the Southwest, among others, and he has served as lead curator of several exhibitions, including the award-winning Many Mexicos: Vistas de la Frontera. Michael’s scholarship has attracted broad recognition and support over the years, including, for example, the Al Mérito Award from the Arizona Historical Society, Dan Shilling Humanities Public Scholar Award from Arizona Humanities, a Fulbright that brought him to the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada) and the Biblioteca Palafoxiana (Puebla, Mexico), and visiting professorships and research fellowships at Princeton University, University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia), El Colegio de San Luis (San Luis Potosí, Mexico), and the Autry Museum of the American West (Los Angeles, California).

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