Mañana forever? : Mexico and the Mexicans /
Castañeda, Jorge G., 1953-
Mañana forever? : Mexico and the Mexicans / Jorge G. Castañeda. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. - xxv, 293 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index.
Why Mexicans are lousy at soccer and don't like skyscrapers -- At last: a Mexican middle class -- Victims and enemies of conflict and competition -- Finally, Mexican democracy -- The power of the past and the fear of the foreign -- At last: an open society, an open economy, an open mind? -- Illusory laws, lawless cynicism -- The law of the land, or the land of the law? -- The future in real time.
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National characteristics, Mexican.
Mexico--Social life and customs.
Mexico--Civilization.
México--Características nacionales
México --Vida social y costumbres
México --Civilización
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Mañana forever? : Mexico and the Mexicans / Jorge G. Castañeda. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. - xxv, 293 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index.
Why Mexicans are lousy at soccer and don't like skyscrapers -- At last: a Mexican middle class -- Victims and enemies of conflict and competition -- Finally, Mexican democracy -- The power of the past and the fear of the foreign -- At last: an open society, an open economy, an open mind? -- Illusory laws, lawless cynicism -- The law of the land, or the land of the law? -- The future in real time.
9780375404245 0375404244
National characteristics, Mexican.
Mexico--Social life and customs.
Mexico--Civilization.
México--Características nacionales
México --Vida social y costumbres
México --Civilización
112 F 1210 / C346ma 2011
972