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Author Kingsolver, Ann E., 1960-

Title NAFTA stories : fears and hopes in Mexico and the United States / Ann E. Kingsolver
Published Boulder : L. Rienner Publishers, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Contents ""Book Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Ill. 2.1 Waiting for the miracle (Ahumada in La Jornada, July 28, 1993)""; ""Ill. 2.2 Los milagros [The miracles] (Photo by Ann E. Kingsolver)""; ""Ill. 3.1 187: The Wall (Kemchs. Los Caricaturistas [Periodismo Gráficade Actualidad], 4th week of October 1994)""; ""Ill. 3.2 Similarity: 1940, Hitler; 1994, Pete Wilson (Rruizte, LosCaricaturistas [Periodismo Gráfico de Actualidad], 4th week of October1994)""; ""Ill. 3.3 “We are also getting ready for a rally in support of 187.â€? (Terrazas, El DÃa, October 19, 1944, p. 1)""
""Ill. 4.1 We are all Marcos (photo by Ann E. Kingsolver)""""Ill. 4.2 We Mexicans are sunk (Alán, BoletÃn Mexicano de la Crisis, September 23,1995)""; ""Ill. 5.1 President Salinas dreaming of the World TradeOrganization: “On second thought, unemployment insurance is notsuch a bad idea.â€? (Nostragamus, Los Caricaturista [PeriodismoGráfico de Actualidad], 4th week of October 1994)""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1-Introduction: NAFTA Stories in the Space of Absence""; ""NAFTA, the Document""; ""NAFTA Stories Told Here""; ""NAFTA Stories Not Told Here""; ""Notes on Words""; ""Listening Moments""
""2-1993: Stories of Anticipation""""Nation Stories""; ""Stories in Metaphor""; ""Neoliberal Stories and Counter-stories""; ""Student Stories""; ""Farm Stories""; ""3-1994: NAFTA and National Identities�Stories of Racialized Difference""; ""Racializing Stories""; ""Stories of Public Protest""; ""4-1995: Stories of Crisis, Critique, and Change""; ""Stories of Crisis and Critique""; ""Stories of Plurinational Action""; ""Circulation Stories""; ""5-Conclusion: Stories of Accountability""; ""Appendix: Proposition 187""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""About the Book""
Summary Ann Kingsolver presents stories people have told about NAFTA--young people and old, urban and rural, with differing political perspectives, occupations, and other markers of identity--that demonstrate their expectations and imaginations of the sweeping trade agreement. NAFTA, Kingsolver contends, both before and after its passage, became a catch-all in public discourse for tensions related to neoliberal policies and to economic and cultural processes of globalization. The storytellers in her book, from Mexico, Kentucky, and California, imagined the meaning and possible effects of regional inte
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index
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Subject Canada. Treaties, etc. 1992 October 7 -- Public opinion
SUBJECT North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17) fast
Subject Free trade -- North America -- Public opinion
Public opinion -- Mexico
Public opinion -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
Free trade -- Public opinion
Public opinion
Mexico
North America
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1588261832
9781588261830
Other Titles Fears and hopes in Mexico and the United States