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Title: Bordering on Chaos : Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey Toward Prosperity by Andres Oppenheimer ISBN: 0-316-65025-0 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.55 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: essential reading on our most complex border nation
Comment: Mr. Oppenheimer has talked to those outside and inside the government of Mexico to describe in careful detail the myopia and success of the PRI which has kept Mexico "stable" for seventy years but has looted the country in a form of political machismo that now affects the middle class which no longer applauds such audacious machismo. The Zapatista movement is particularly well detailed in both its true meaning and its sad hijacking by idealistic middle-class Marxists who have no more concern for the Mayas than does the PRI for the majority of the Mexicans. If one is to begin to understand Mexico one should begin with this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: GOOD HISTORY, WELL RESEARCHED, FAST PACED READ
Comment: In Bordering on Chaos, Oppenheimer does a very good job of depicting the events and digging up the dirty that led to many of the most important events in mid-1990s Mexico, including the murder of the leading presidential candidate, the rise of the Zapatistas and the choice of Zedillo for president.
However, instead of pure history, we are presented with deep character development for the two main actors in this process, Zedillo himself (the president to be) and Subcomandante Marcos, the leader of the Zapatista movement. In this process, we learn of the political ploys adopted by the PRI, the almost monarchic party that led the country for most of the century. These include forays into education, health, and the most important social services. Another important area is the corruption going on at the top levels of the PRI, requiring, for example, that business people contribute a minimum of [several] million to participate in the government, or else be excluded, with all that it entailed. There is less than I would like to know on Carlos Salinas, the now disgraced but formerly darling leader.
Overall, a good history and a well written book. If you have an interest in Mexico, or in the crisis period of the mid-1990s, this may offer some of the pieces that build up a puzzle of it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Should be required reading
Comment: This book is so shocking, it left me hoping the author made it all up. It raises many important questions regarding the US relationship with out southern neighbor. A must read.
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Title: Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans by Alan Riding ISBN: 0679724419 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Mexican Shock: Its Meaning for the United States by Jorge G. Castaneda ISBN: 1565843126 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Mexico : Biography of Power by Enrique Krauze ISBN: 0060929170 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel by Tony Cohan ISBN: 0767903196 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A New Time for Mexico by Carlos Fuentes ISBN: 0520211839 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.27 |
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