NAFTA stories : fears and hopes in Mexico and the United States /

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Author / Creator:Kingsolver, Ann E., 1960-
Imprint:Boulder : L. Rienner Publishers, 2001.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403087
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Varying Form of Title:Fears and hopes in Mexico and the United States
ISBN:1588261832
9781588261830
1555879748
9781555879747
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-240) and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Kingsolver, Ann E., 1960- NAFTA stories. Boulder : L. Rienner Publishers, 2001 1555879748