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Myths and [mis] perceptions: changing U.S. elite visions of Mexico

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Sergio Aguayo, Julián Brody
1998
Published by: El Colegio de México
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This book goes beyond my original intentions. As I became increasingly aware of the evolution or U.S. perceptions and the impact of the ideas on reality, I was also able to reinterpret certain aspects of Mexico's recent history. In this process, I confirmed, adjusted, or put to rest a numbers of myths about Mexico, Mexicans and the role of the culty of uprooting well established beliefs--The author

Table of Contents

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Cover

Half Title Page

pp. i

Series Page

pp. ii

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

Dedication

pp. v-vi

Contents

pp. vii-viii

List of Figures

pp. ix-xii

Preface

pp. xiii-xviii

1. Methods and Objectives

pp. 1-20

2. Ideas and Institutions in the United States

pp. 21-30

3. The Understanding between Mexico and the United States

pp. 31-40

4. Mexico and the United States during the Cold War

pp. 41-46

5. Presidential Summits

pp. 47-54

6. Four Facets of the Relationship

pp. 55-70

7. The Myth of Mexican Democracy

pp. 71-84

8. Economic Optimism

pp. 85-90

9. The United States in Transition

pp. 91-106

10. Mexico’s Two-Dimensional Foreign Policy

pp. 107-122

11. Economy, Consciousness, Nationalism, and Hegemony

pp. 123-132

12. Reappraising Mexico’s Political System

pp. 133-144

13. Journalists, Academics, and Graduate Students

pp. 145-154

14. Luis Echeverría: Hope, Then Crisis

pp. 155-172

15. José López Portillo: Renewed Hope

pp. 173-186

16. The 1982 Crisis and Its Consequences

pp. 187-200

17. The Technocrats Arrive

pp. 201-212

18. The Death of the Mexican Revolution

pp. 213-226

19. The Reign of Neoliberalism

pp. 227-246

20. The United States and Mexican Nationalism

pp. 247-262

Appendix A. Figures

pp. 263-368

Appendix B. Methodology and Code Manual

pp. 369-380

Appendix C. Author Interviews

pp. 381-384

Acronyms

pp. 385-386

Bibliography

pp. 387-412

Index

pp. 413-424

About the Author

pp. 425-426

Series Page

pp. 427-429

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