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Title: A New Time for Mexico by Carlos Fuentes, Marina Gutman Castaneda ISBN: 0-374-22170-7 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Relevence Then and Now of History
Comment: Carlos Fuentes, along with Octavio Paz is considered to be one of the literary giants of contemporary Mexico. Old enough to have lived through the PRI's (Mexico's governing party)stronghold on Mexican politics, Fuentes shares his insights and expounds on such diverse topics as the mythology of Pre-Columbian Gods to modern Christianity, all the while tying everything into an historical description of Mexico and it's ruling party. He touches upon La Malinche and Cortes as the parents of modern Mexico. He discusses NAFTA and the future of Mexico including President Zedillo's influence on Mexico and it's international impact. The reading, at times can become a bit dense and esoteric but for anyone interested in the politics of Mexico, with an historical perspective, will find this essential reading. In order to understand the present and future, a solid understanding of the past is needed, according to Fuentes, as he covers all the major time periods of Mexico's past. This book is especially crucial to understanding the impending changes that may be brought about with the election of the countries first non-PRI president in the countries existence. Fuentes contends that the authoritarian government of modern Mexico is linked to the Aztec administrative structures established centuries ago. His writing style is spellbinding and you feel as though a professor is imparting some of his knowledge. According to Fuentes, we must heed Gellner's warning from his book Reason and Culture. "We cannot escape a contingent , history-bound culture, and we caannot vindicate it either". Fuentes has hopes for democracy in Mexico and just maybe with the demise of the PRI, his dreams, and the Mexican peoples may be realized.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful and insightful overview of Mexican history
Comment: This is a wonderful introduction to Mexican history, from the Conquest to the Zapatistas, from a writer almost more comfortable with poetry than prose. Fuentes is the rare intellectual who also speaks out for justice; he recently called upon the Mexican government to stop the militarization of Chiapas and to hold open peace talks. Every American should know at least as much about Mexico as is in this slim and easy to read volume. Salud!
Rating: 1
Summary: a clown in his costume
Comment: as usual, Fuentes plays the "every-man" of Mexican letters. He writes a fast book with anecdote with the intent of selling issues fast. A quick buck is not always a good one: same for a good BOOK.
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Title: The Labyrinth of Solitude: The Other Mexico, Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude, Mexico and the United States, the Philanthropic Ogre by Octavio Paz ISBN: 080215042X Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1985 List Price(USD): $14.50 |
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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: Bordering on Chaos : Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey Toward Prosperity by Andres Oppenheimer ISBN: 0316650250 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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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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