Mexico - Why a Few Are Rich and the People Poor

Zusatztext "Impassioned and stimulating." Informationen zum Autor Ramón Eduardo Ruiz (1921–2010) was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, San Diego. He was author of many books, including Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People, Memories of a Hyphenated Man, and On the Rim of Mexico: Encounters of the Rich and Poor. Klappentext "Professor Ramón Eduardo Ruiz has dedicated his career to unlocking the historical reasons for the rebelliousness of Mexican society and its failures to achieve great goals behind those bursts of collective energy and idealism. This book is a culmination of rigorous scholarship and a moral commitment to confronting all aspects of the Mexican people. There is also an element of hope in these pages that Mexico will become a prosperous, just and viable society."—Lorenzo Meyer, El Colegio de México "In Mexico , Ramón Eduardo Ruiz brings a lifetime of study and a passionate love of his subject to bear on the most vexing puzzle any historian of Mexico can confront: Why should a country so rich in potential remain perennially mired in poverty, corruption, and injustice? This is a bold, angry, and absolutely indispensable book."—Timothy J. Henderson, author of The Mexican Wars for Independence Zusammenfassung Focusing on the malaise of underdevelopment that has shaped the country since the Spanish conquest, the author offers a panoramic interpretation of Mexican history and culture from the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras through the twentieth century. He helps us understand where the country has come, why it is where it is today, and where it might go.

Product details

• Authors: Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, Ramon Ruiz, Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, Ramón Eduardo Ruiz, Ruiz Ramon
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2010
• EAN: 9780520262362
• ISBN: 978-0-520-26236-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: University of California Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Mexico, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, History of the Americas