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050	0	0	_aF1236.7 _b.C6613 2009
082	0	0	_aLAS 303.4827 CON
100	1		_aContreras, Joseph _d, 1957-
240	1	0	_aTan lejos de Dios _l. English
245	1	0	_aIn the shadow of the giant _b: the Americanization of modern Mexico _c/ Joseph Contreras
260			_aNew Brunswick, N.J. _b: Rutgers University Press _c, c2009.
300			_axii, 276 p. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 261-263) and index.
505	0		_aA Chicano comes to the big enchilada: Mexico City, 1984-1987 -- Not such distant neighbors: Mexico in the era of Vicente Fox -- Looking northward -- NAFTA: the double-edged sword of free trade -- The new breed of Mexican businessmen -- The modern Mexican news media -- The Mexican dream -- The gringo Riviera -- The umbilical cord of remittances -- The southernmost city in Texas: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon -- Made-in-the-U.S.A. diseases -- The Evangelical challenge.
520			_aIn this first book to view modern Mexico in the era of NAFTA and globalization, In the Shadow of the Giant offers insight into the land on our southern border. What Contreras finds is a nation more like the U.S. than even Mexican themselves could have imagined.
651		0	_aMexico _x--Politics and government _y--1988-2000
651		4	_aMexico _x-Economic conditions _y-20th century
651		4	_aMexico _x-Social conditions _y-1970-
651			_aMexico _x-Foreign relations _z-United States
651		0	_aUnited States _x--Foreign relations _z--Mexico
651		0	_aMexico _x--Civilization _y--20th century
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