Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge
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Book Overview
A warning to developing countries everywhere--this comprehensive look at Mexico's environmental crisis shows how a degraded ecosystem gives rise to political turmoil and economic chaos that threaten... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1578050162
ISBN13:9781578050161
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Sierra Club Books for Children
Length:275 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book was recommended to me by the BBC correspondent for Central America, Nick Miles. I was extremely impressed by the careful research and documentation undertaken by Simon. I consider this book essential reading for any student of Latin American environmental affairs. Simon's exploration of the much mythologized Cardenas land reforms and its relationship to the current desperate situation faced by much of Mexico's agrarian sector is without equal. His analysis of Mexico's failed oil extraction industry is eye opening. This work, so critical of Mexican federal policy, might easily be ignored except for Simon's impressive cridentials. Here is a writer who clearly respects Mexico, people and country. I give the work four stars instead of five only because it is now slightly dated. I hope Simon will consider a second edition soon.
Endangered Mexico, well informed and well written
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I think that the search required to write this book can be considered deep and risky, because it implied to go to dangerous places where drug dealers are trafficking or powerful people in the government who won't like some of the things that are said in the book. So I consider this is a very valiant work. But not only that, it is very well written, very clear with current information about environment in different areas of México, like Cancún coral reefs, Michoacán, México City, forestland in Chihuahua, pollution caused by twin plants (maquiladoras)and in addition it includes very valuable historic information related with all of the mentioned cases.
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