The United States and Mexico
Unequal Neighbors
Jürgen Buchenau author John David Smith editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
£25.00
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In this book Jürgen Buchenau provides a lively, accessible primer on the emergence of the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico, aimed at general and student readers who want to learn more about one of the most formative international relationships in geopolitics today.
A lively, accessible introduction to the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico, one of the most formative international relationships in geopolitics today.
The border between the US and Mexico is the world’s longest between a wealthy industrialized nation and a part of the Global South. The economy, society, culture, and politics of the two nations have become inextricably linked.
The book provides an overview of the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico from the colonial past to the present. It explores US territorial expansion, the Mexican Revolution of 1910, disputes over agriculture and mineral wealth, and the migration of Mexican laborers. Despite that massive power imbalance, Buchenau shows us that Mexico's influence on the United States is just as great as the inverse.
Jürgen Buchenau’s concise, accessible narrative manages to compare and contrast the centuries-long growth of the United States and Mexico while arguing for the constant mutual influence on, and interlacing of, their economies and cultures. Through telling detail and engrossing vignettes, it also proves mindful of the complexity of the humans caught in the asymmetrical conflicts between their governments. We all need this reminder that walls have always been anomalous in the North American landscape. * Alan McPherson, Temple University, USA *
Comprehensive and compelling, The United States and Mexico takes readers on an eye-opening journey through five centuries of partnership and conflict. Casual readers and experts alike have much to learn from Buchenau’s engrossing and indispensable narrative. * Renata Keller, associate professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA *
ISBN: 9781538100585
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224 pages