READ ABOUT MEXICO
INDEX
 
GENERAL
  • The Art of Mexican Cooking: Traditional Mexican Cooking for Aficionados

by Diana Kennedy
Published in 1989 by: Bantam Books.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
The Art of Mexican Cooking is the ultimate guide to creating sensational flavors of authentic Mexican food in your own kitchen.....

  • Deep Rivers

by José María Arguedas.
Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Although not specific to México, this book of short stories provides insight into the Latin American psyche.....

  • Distant Neighbors - A Portrait of the Mexicans

by Alan Riding.
Published in 1989 by Random House
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
A study of Mexico - political, social, cultural, economic - by a journalist who was for the past 6 years the NYT bureau chief in Mexico City......

  • Good Neighbors - Communicating With the Mexicans

by John C. Condon, .
Published in 1985 by Intercultural Press Inc
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
An examination of how Mexicans and their northern neighbors perceive both themselves and each other.....

  • The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings

by Octavio Paz. Published in 1985 by: Grove Press Inc.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
First published in 1950, The Labyrinth of Solitude addresses issues that are both seemingly eternal and resoundingly contemporary: the nature of political power in post-conquest Mexico, the relation of Native Americans to Europeans, the ubiquity of official corruption.....

  • Mexican Lives

by Judith Alder Hellman in 1994. Published by New Pr.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Mexican Lives succeeds in giving us an insightful look into the daily struggle of a cross-section of Mexicans and in drawing some thought-provoking conclusions.....

  • Travelers' Tales Mexico

by James O'Reilly and Larry Habegger, Published in1994 by Travelers' Tales, Inc., O'Reilly & Associates 103 Morris St., Suite A, Sebastopol, CA 95472.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
There is perhaps no better way to prepare for a trip, or to vicariously experience another country.....

  • Under the Volcano

by Malcolm Lowry, Reprint 2001, Harperperennial Library.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Spying this title on a store shelf, one would hope that the mesmerizing Albert Finney, who appeared in John Houston's 1984 film version, had done the narration honors.....

MOVING TO/LIVING
  • Good Neighbors - Communicating With the Mexicans

by John C. Condon, 1985. Published by Intercultural Press Inc.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
An examination of how Méxicans and and their northern neighbors perceive both themselves and each other.....

  • Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands

by Terri Morrison, Wayne A. Conaway, and George A. Borden, Phd., 1995
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
In a global economy, it is crucial for business people to be sensitive to cultural differences.....

  • Moving Your Family Overseas

by Rosalind Kalb and Penelope Welch, Published in 1992 by Intercultural Press
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Co-authored by a Canadian and an American, this book discusses in detail all the issues of moving to another country.....

  • On Being Foreign - Culture Shock in Short Fiction, An International Anthology

edited by Tom Lewis and Robert Jungman. Published by Intercultural Press Inc..
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
This book may be used as a reader in college composition courses and as a text in advanced ESL and world literature courses as well as intercultural studies.....

  • Women's Guide to Overseas Living

by Nancy J. Piet-Pelon and Barbara Hornby, Published in 1992 by Intercultural Press Inc.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
The authors provide an intimate view and much support, insight and advice for the wife/mother/house manager.....

LEARNING SPANISH
  • Breaking Out of Beginner's Spanish

by Joseph J. Keenan, Published in 1994, University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
In a style that is both instructive and a delight to read, the author shares hundreds of hard-earned tips on correcting grammatical errors.....

  • Cassell's Colloquial Spanish

revised 1980 by A. Bryson Gerrard, Collier Books, 866 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Cassell’s Colloquial Spanish is one of a newly revised series of handbooks which provide convenient and fascinating coverage of modern languages.....

  • Madrigal's Magic Key to SPANISH

by Margarita Madrigal, Published by Doubleday,
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Based on the student's ability to create--not memorize by rote--the Madrigal method can help readers convert English into Spanish in an instant, develop perfect pronunciation.....

  • Spanish the Easy Way, 2nd. Edition

from Barron's Educational Series.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
This newly revised edition contains amusing dialogues and stories to introduce Spanish vocabulary and grammatical concepts to beginning students.....

  • Spanish for Business and Finance

by Ana C. Jarvis and Luis Lebredo. Published by D.C. Heath and Company,.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
This is a wonderful guide for those who wish to do business abroad or those who wish to interact with the Spanish market.....

  • Spanish for Gringos

by William C. Harvey,M.S., Published by Baron's Educational Series.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
This very popular and completely informal language-learning book has been revised and expanded with additional Spanish words and phrases that update the language and broaden its range.....

  • Spanish for Gringos, Level 2

by William C. Harvey, M.S., Published in 1997 by Baron's Educational Series.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Designed for beginning students who are ready to travel beyond the fundamentals and begin to achieve some fluency in speaking and comprehending Spanish.....

TRAVEL
  • The People's Guide to Mexico - Where Ever You Go, There You Are!!

by Carl Franz. Published in 1995 by: John Muir Publications, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tel: 505-982-4078
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
The People's Guide to Mexico is a different kind of guidebook--one that offers no lists of hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, or beaches......

BUSINESS
  • A New Time For Mexico

by Carlos Fuentes (Marina Castaneda, translator). 1996-1998. Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
This collection of essays by Carlos Fuentes, Mexican intellectual, man of letters, and erstwhile diplomat, seeks to place his country's current convulsive state in a wider historical perspective.....

  • Bordering on Chaos

by Andres Openheimer, 1996-1998. Published by Little Brown & Co..
Available through Amazon Books.
Book Description
This is an attempt to understand Mexico's steep descent into turmoil, which happened rapidly after the uprising in Chiapas on New Year's Day 1994.....

  • The Challenge of Institutional Reform in Mexico

by Riordan Roett (Editor). 1995, Published by Lynne Reinner Publishers
Available through Amazon Books

  • The Complete Guide to Doing Business in Mexico

by Anita Winsor. 1994, Published by Amacom Books Division.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Provides an overview of the nation and its resources and discusses business customs.....

  • Continental Shift: Free Trade & The New Noth America (Briefing Book)

by William A. Jr. Orme. 1993, Published by Brookings Institute.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Thorough discussion of why the North American Free Trade Agreement is needed and should be ratified, done partially in a question-answer format and partially through narrative.....

  • Distant Neighbors - A Portrait of the Mexicans

by Alan Riding,1989. Published by Vintage Books, Random House
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
A study of Mexico - political, social, cultural, economic - by a journalist who was for the past 6 years the NYT bureau chief in Mexico City.....

  • Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico

by Scott Sernau. 1994. Published by Praeger Pub Text.
Available through Amazon Books

  • Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands, by Terri Morrison

by Wayne A. Conaway, and George A. Borden, Phd., 1995
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
In a global economy, it is crucial for business people to be sensitive to cultural differences.....

  • Management in Two Cultures - Bridging the gap between US and México

by Eva Kras, 1995. Published by Intercultural Press Inc., a company specializing in Cultural publications.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
It is written partly in letter format which brings a personal perspective.....

  • The Mexican Economy

by George Philip (Editor). 1988. Published by Routledge
Available through Amazon Books

  • Mexican Lives

Judith Alder Hellman. 1994. Published by New Pr.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Mexican Lives by Judith Adler Hellman is an amazing and important book, which focuses on the lives of Mexicans.....

  • Mexico Faces the 21st. Century (Contributions in Latin American Studies, No. 5)

by Donald E. Schulz & Edward J. Williams, Editors.1995. Published by Greenwood Publishing Group
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
A volume which evolved out of a conference titled "Mexico Looks to the 21st Century: Change and Challenge," held at the U. of Arizona in March, 1993.....

  • The Mexican Shock: Its Meaning for the United States

by Jorge G. Castaneda. 1996-1998. Published by New Pr.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
The United States has long misunderstood its neighbor to the south, writes a distinguished Mexican scholar, and the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement has not helped matters.....

  • New Business Opportunities in Latin America: Trade and Investment After the Mexican Meltdown

by Louis E.V. Nevaer. 1996-1998. Published by Quorum Books.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Political-risk consultant Nevaer assures US business executives that the unfortunate events in Mexico do not dim the prospects ignited by the lowering of trade barriers within the hemisphere.....

  • Political and Economic Liberalization in Mexico: At A Critical Juncture?

by Riordan Roett (Editor). 1993. Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
Eight Mexican and US scholars, and leaders of the three major political parties in Mexico, offer various and often opposing views of the recent economic reforms there.....

  • Stategies for Business in Mexico: Free Trade and the Emergence of North America Inc.

by Louis E.V. Nevaer. 1995. Published by Quorum Books.
Available through Amazon Books
Book Description
As decisively as the collapse of the Soviet Union signaled a most definite conclusion to that utopian undertaking gone mad, so has NAFTA ended an economic counterpart in Mexico......