Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 192 pages) : illustrations, map |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Note |
"Published in cooperation with the Alfredo Barrera Vásquez Center for Yucatecan Studies." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Yucatán's prelude to globalization / Edward H. Moseley and Helen Delpar -- Globalization and the evolving port landscape of Progreso / Michael S. Yoder -- A wheel of fortune : Yucatán's entrepreneurial elite from the revolution to globalization / Luis Alfonso Ramírez -- Yucatán, Mexico's other maquiladora frontier / Eric N. Baklanoff -- Tinum, Yucatán : a Maya village and the lights of Cancún / Paula R. Heusinkveld -- Chan Kom : tourism and migration in the making of the new Maya milpas / Alicia Re Cruz -- From Tallapoosa to Tixkokob : two communities share globalization / Edward H. Moseley -- Embracing community : an alternative tourism for Yucatán / Kathleen R. Martin and William A. Martín González. |
Summary |
Describes the changes to Yucatan's society and economy following the 1982 debt crisis that prostrated Mexico's economy. This work charts the accelerated change in Yucatan from a monocrop economy to a beneficiary and victim of rampant globalization. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
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Globalization -- Economic aspects. |
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Mexico -- Yucatán (State) |
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Yucatán (State)
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Globalization -- Social aspects. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Baklanoff, Eric N.
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Moseley, Edward H., 1931-2005.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Yucatán in an era of globalization. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007032101 |
ISBN |
9780817380045 (electronic) |
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0817380043 (electronic) |
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9780817316037 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817354763 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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