Review by Choice Review
Edited by Ojeda (Chicano/a studies, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz) and Telles (sociology, Univ. of California, Irvine), this book on US-Mexico relations is a binational effort that emerged from a 2017 conference. It sought to bring together the best researchers to dismantle and replace what some people felt were President Trump's misinformed and racially constructed policy narratives around immigration and international trade. The experience of California over the last three decades and its current relationship with Mexico are strong influences on this book. It includes 17 papers organized into four sections: "The Trump Paradox," "Mexico-US Migration," "Trade Integration," and "Racial Politics." Many papers are based on data and surveys with some historical context given. Some papers explore the effects of NAFTA and USMCA, and others attend to the labor market, agriculture, and the automotive sector. The larger question is this: what is the future for trade and migration between the United States and Mexico? The content of the papers is, at times, duplicative. There are notes and suggested readings for each paper, an index, references by chapter, and a glossary of key terms. This book should be read with others on the subject that offer different perspectives. Summing Up: Recommended. With reservations. Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. --Janice E. Weaver, emerita, Drake University
Copyright American Library Association, used with permission.
Review by Choice Review
