Umfang:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Ausgabe:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780817380045
Inhalt:
This work describes the profound changes to Yucatán's society and economy following the 1982 debt crisis that prostrated Mexico's economy. The editors have assembled contributions from seasoned "Yucatecologists"-historians, geographers, cultural students, and an economist-to chart the accelerated change in Yucatán from a monocrop economy to a full beneficiary and victim of rampant globalization.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Yucatán since the 1982 Mexican Debt Crisis -- 1. Yucatán's Prelude to Globalization -- 2. Globalization and the Evolving Port Landscape of Progreso -- 3. A Wheel of Fortune: Yucatán's Entrepreneurial Elite from the Revolution to Globalization -- 4. Yucatán: Mexico's Other Maquiladora Frontier -- 5. Tinum, Yucatán: A Maya Village and the Lights of Cancún -- 6. Chan Kom Tourism and Migration in the Making of the New Maya Milpas -- 7. From Tallapoosa to Tixkokob: Two Communities Share Globalization -- 8. Embracing Community: An Alternative Tourism for Yucatán -- Contributors -- Index.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780817316037
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780817316037
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Print version Yucatan in an Era of Globalization
Sprache:
Englisch
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