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Can I read Mexican lives on EtoBox?
Mexican lives by Hellman, Judith Adler is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mexican lives about?
On the eve of the most significant trade agreement in recent Mexico-U.S. history, Judith Adler Hellman, a leading authority on Mexican politics, went into the homes and workplaces of a variety of Mexicans, from rich industrialists to poor street vendors. In bringing us their stories, Hellman puts a human face on the political and economic transformation currently under way in this rapidly changing country, and puts in context the rage and frustration that is feeding the current rebellion in the Mexican state of Chiapas. The Mexicans interviewed in this remarkable book share their views on an array of subjects, including pollution, the political elite, corruption, economics, and the migrant experience in the United States. Some seek collective solutions to the challenges they face; others, for a variety of interesting reasons, have no involvement with any group beyond their immediate or extended family, and rely for their well-being only on themselves and their kin. Here we meet a small subsistence farmer, eager to break into the more profitable gourmet fruit and vegetable export market; a very wealthy family pondering how best to position its company to profit from NAFTA; and forme
Who reads Mexican lives?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Hellman, Judith Adler
- Publisher
- New York: New Press: Distributed by W.W. Norton & Company
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781565841789
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Economics, Fiction, Sociology
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (106 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14