Mexico and the United States

by Raat, W. Dirk

• ISBN13: 9780820325958
• ISBN10: 0820325953
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr

Summary

Ranging from the precontact colonial eras of each country to the present-day administrations of Vicente Fox and George W. Bush, W. Dirk Raat's coverage focuses on the economic, cultural, and political trends and events that have shaped the ways that Americans and Mexicans have regarded each other over the centuries. Raat pays 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 market. He also offers a look at the cultural dynamics of Gran Chichimeca of Mexamerica, the borderlands where the two countries share a common history.

Author Biography

W. Dirk Raat is Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York, Fredonia, and Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
"Gringos" and "Greasers"	p. 1
Space/Time in the Tierra de la Mexica	p. 12
Up and Down from Colonialism	p. 38
Texas and a Collision of Cultures	p. 55
From Pueblo to Global Village	p. 79
The Mexican Revolution in the United States	p. 102
Soldiers, Priests, and Lords of Land and Industry	p. 126
Preening and Ruffling the Serpent's Plumage	p. 148
Mexamerica	p. 173
Epilogue: The Rediscovery of Mexico	p. 196
Notes	p. 217
Bibliographical Essay	p. 267
Index	p. 279
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