In the Shadow of the Giant: The Americanization of Modern Mexico

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Abrams, Elliot, 26, 27 Acá las tortas (film), 76–77 acquired immune deficiency syndrome. See AIDS Aeroméxico, 160 agriculture, NAFTA’s impact on, 96–99 Aguilar Camín, Héctor, 57, 61 Aguilar Zinser, Adolfo, 53, 56–58 AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), 7–8, 176–177, 210–214, 218–219 Alamán, Lucas, 66–68 Alarcón Segovia, Donato, 211 Alemán, Miguel, 73 Alfa, 113 Almaraz Montaño, Gustavo, 50 Alonso, Manuel, 39 al Qaeda, 51, 60 Álvarez Reyes, Tadeo, 174 A.M. (newspaper), 124 American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 144 American Biblical Society, 194 American College (Guadalajara), 22, 105 American Express, 188 Americanization: acceleration of, with NAFTA, 83; as agent of change, 82; described, 6–7; efforts to contain, 47–48; evolving Mexican attitudes toward United States, re globalization , 11; history of, 8–12; influence of U.S. traditions, resources, values, 7, 42–50, 236–238; symptoms of, 48; technocrats and, 4–6; term described, 45–46; and U.S. domination of Mexican economy, 7 American University, 78, 242 Anderson, Jack, 25 Aramburuzabala, María Asunción, 108–109 Arango family, 6–7 Arellano Félix, Benjamín, 54 Aronson, Bernard, 41 Asarco, 107 Aspe, Pedro, 5 Assemblies of God, 231–233 Associated Press, 126 Austin, Stephen F., 137 Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), 58, 111–113, 115 Autonomous University of Zacatecas, 167, 169, 171, 172 Ávila Camacho, Manuel, 73 Ayala, Ramón, 74 Azcárraga Jean, Emilio, 103–108, 114, 115, 125–126 Azcárraga Milmo, Emilio, 103–106, 115, 125 Babb, Sarah, 112–113 baby boomers in Mexico, 142–147 Banco Azteca, 110 Banco de México, 112 Bank of America, 188 Barahona, Rosaura, 197 Bartlett, Manuel, 40 Basañez, Miguel, 78 265 Index Index.qxd 11/27/08 2:05 PM Page 265 Becerra Mizuno, Rodrigo, 114–115 bin Laden, Osama, 51, 60, 153 Black, Roger, 122 Blanco Pasillas, Delfino, 173–174, 174–175 Blockbuster, 93 Bodega Aurrerá, 91–92 Boeing, 149 border fence, 178–179, 243 Boston University (BU), 114–115 Boy Heroes, 57, 71, 73 bracero guest-worker program, 168 Breton, André, 239 Brokaw, Kaye, 149 Brokaw, Rick, 149 Bronfman, Marío, 212–213 Brooks, Tatiana, 154–155 Buffet, Jimmy, 106–107 Buffet, Warren, 100 Burger King, 93 Burnet, David G., 65 Burton, Richard, 161 Bush, George Prescott, 138 Bush, George W., 49, 51–54, 58, 62, 138, 146, 165, 178–179, 182, 225, 231, 239, 242–243 Bush, Laura, 109 businessmen, new breed of, 103–117 Cabo San Lucas, 141, 160–161 Calderón, Felipe, 4, 49, 97, 123, 126, 129, 165–166, 179, 226, 241 Calles, Plutarco Elías, 71–72, 76, 226 Camarena Salazar, Enrique “Kiki,” 25, 34 Cambio de rumbo (A Change of Course; de la Madrid), 27 Camp, Roderic Ai, 80, 108, 114, 181 Canada, 41, 51, 79 Cancún, Mexico, 151, 161, 163–164 Cantú Treviño, Manuel, 193 Carbajal de Valenzuela, Romana, 229 Cárdenas, Cuauhtémoc, 225 Cárdenas, Lázaro, 47, 72–73, 226 Cárdenas Guillén, Osiel, 54, 198 Cargill, 97 Carlson, Marianne, 144–146 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 96 Carranza, Venustiano, 71, 75 Carso conglomerate, 10 Carter, Jimmy, 10, 20, 78, 242 Carville, James, 49 Casagranda, Mark, 160–161 Casey, William, 26 Castañeda, Jorge G., 10, 20, 27, 28, 37, 51–54, 55, 58, 239 Castro, Fidel, 4, 44, 52–53, 56, 74 Catholic Church. See Roman Catholics Cavazos Garza, Israel, 189 CBS News, 30 CEMEX, 99–100, 107, 115–116, 188 Center for Development Research, 14, 61 Center for North American Studies (American University), 78 Center for Nutritional and Health Research (National Public Health Institute), 217 Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 210 Centers for Juvenile Rehabilitation (CIJ), 206–207, 219 Central Mexican Railway, 2 “Century of the Americas,” 51 Cerda, Rogelio, 199 Cervecería Cuauhtémoc, 100, 193 Chávez, Hugo, 59, 240 Chavira, Ricardo, 36 Chiapas, Mexico, 224–226 Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, 79 “Chicano,” 22 Chile, 6 Christian Friendship, 232 Chrysler, 188 Churchill, Winston, 1 Church of the Apostolic Faith, 229 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 137–138 CIE (entertainment company), 130 científicos (scientists), 2, 3–4, 5 Cifra, 91 CIJ. See Centers for Juvenile Rehabilitation Citigroup, 7, 237 Civil War (U.S.), 184, 191–192 Clark-Alfaro, Victor, 208 Clayton, Powell, 3 Cline, Howard, 74 Clinton, Bill, 40, 42, 49, 131 Clouthier, Manuel, 195 Clouthier Carrillo, Tatiana, 195–196 CNN, 126, 209, 242 Coca-Cola, 39...