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Understanding NAFTA was first published in 1993 as Continental Shift: Free Trade & the New North America. This edition includes a new introduction that brings the NAFTA story up through 1995. ... Read more

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Overly Optimistic
Overall, I think this book is a very good analysis of NAFTA. It highlights the economic history of Mexico and the role of Salinas in getting NAFTA off the ground.Orme presents a wealth of material that has definitely increased my knowledge of the agreement.Orme does an excellent job in elucidating the good facets of NAFTA; however, to get a better viewpoint of what NAFTA has done at the local level, I would encourage someone to read any recent ethnography of rural peoples in Mexico. Particularly those farmers who are eking out a living in the southern parts of Mexico, so they can buy corn grown in Saskatchewan and Alberta.Orme barely mentions the Zapatista uprising, though this is due in part to the publication date of the book. Also, I think much of the optimism surrounding the agreement in the book has been largely muted by the events of 9/11.Issues surrounding tighter border security has, in large part, replaced those surrounding free trade.

Good background study in how NAFTA affects Mexico.
This book is about Mexico - with litte coverage of how NAFTA affects Canada.It presents Mexico and its circumstances in a realistic manner. It is well written and easy to read.We recommend it to our clients interested in learning more about the Mexican people and the national economy.John R. Jagoe, Director, Export Institute.

Good review of Mexico, but soft on Canada
Orme presents a very readable account of the many changes taking place in Mexico as they relate to Nafta and the environment leading up to it.The book mainly discusses how Mexico and the US are integrating and largely ignores Canada, which he feels was taken care of in the FTA.

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Atlas of maps of US, Canada, Mexico. Leatherette Bound, Gold Inlay, Gold trim on outer edges. Desk or briefcase accessory. ... Read more

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This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format.Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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In the two centuries before Columbus, mapmaking was transformed. The World Map, 1300--1492 investigates this important, transitional period of mapmaking. Beginning with a 1436 atlas of ten maps produced by Venetian Andrea Bianco, Evelyn Edson uses maps of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries to examine how the discoveries of missionaries and merchants affected the content and configuration of world maps.

She finds that both the makers and users of maps struggled with changes brought about by technological innovation -- the compass, quadrant, and astrolabe -- rediscovery of classical mapmaking approaches, and increased travel. To reconcile the tensions between the conservative and progressive worldviews, mapmakers used a careful blend of the old and the new to depict a world that was changing -- and growing -- before their eyes.

This engaging and informative study reveals how the ingenuity, creativity, and adaptability of these craftsmen helped pave the way for an age of discovery.

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A fine, unusual perspective of world history and cartographic influences.
THE WORLD MAP 1300-1492: THE PERSISTENCE OF TRADITION AND TRANSFORMATION is an excellent choice for any college-level collection strong in cartographic or world history: it investigates the state of maps before Columbus, beginning with a 1436 atlas of ten maps produced by Bianco and using maps of the 14th and 15th centuries to consider how missionaries and merchants changed the state and presentation of the world. Makers and users of maps struggled with both technological change and changing world views brought on by discover, and mapmakers often blended old and new worlds to reconcile tensions between opposing viewpoints. The result is a fine, unusual perspective of world history and cartographic influences. ... Read more

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New Mexico rightly earns its nickname "Land of Enchantment" with natural treasures such as the White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns, and the Gila National Forest.But more than a beautiful landscape, New Mexico is steeped in the mystique, history and tradition of multiple cultures, including the ancient Aztec and early Spanish explorers.From pueblo villages and stately missions to the nuclear energy research at Los Alamos, "E is for Enchantment" showcases the past, present and future of New Mexico. ... Read more

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New Mexico rightly earns its nickname "Land of Enchantment" with natural treasures such as the White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns, and the Gila National Forest. But more than a beautiful landscape, New Mexico is steeped in the mystique, history, and tradition of multiple cultures, including the ancient Aztec and early Spanish explorers. From pueblo villages and stately missions to the nuclear energy research at Los Alamos, E is for Enchantment showcases the past, present, and future of New Mexico.

Helen Foster James has been an educator for more than twenty years, and is now a lecturer at San Diego State University. She received her doctorate from Northern Arizona University. One of her goals is to travel to all fifty states, and she's already visited more than half. She lives in San Diego, California, with big stacks of children's books and her husband Bob.

Neecy Twinem is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator of more than seventeen published books. She earned a fine arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute, and has exhibited her artwork in the United States and Europe. After a family trip to northern New Mexico, Neecy fell in love with the Southwest and now makes her home in the natural surroundings of the Sandia Mountains area. ... Read more

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Introduces the geography, history, people, industries, and other highlights of New Mexico. ... Read more

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A must have!
This book is easy to read for students, but the information is not dumbed down. The photos are a wonderful depiction of New Mexico. It will be a wonderful resource to add to our dull New Mexico History textbook. ... Read more

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In our globalizing world, the movement of people and resources has accelerated, giving rise to transnational connections and interdependencies. New Patterns for Mexico examines novel and emerging patterns of United States giving to Mexico and its impact on equitable development. Last year alone, Mexican migrants living in the United States sent billions of dollars back to families and relatives living in Mexico. Most of these funds were for private consumption, but more and more diaspora resources support social and philanthropic endeavors in their country of origin. This bilingual volume asks: What are these new patterns of diaspora giving and how do they affect equitable development in Mexico?

Through its Global Philanthropy Program, the Global Equity Initiative of Harvard University aims to advance knowledge about global philanthropy and the role of private philanthropic investments in furthering global equity. This volume, one in a series on diaspora giving, builds upon the earlier work of Diaspora Philanthropy: Perspectives on India and China and continues the Program's research series on the relationship between diaspora engagement and equitable development.

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On July 14, 2000, President Clinton signed into law the Valles Caldera Preservation Act, a visionary piece of legislation establishing the process by which an 89,000-acre tract of privately owned ranchland in northern New Mexico's Jemez Mountains would be transerred to the federal government and managed for public use.

For good reason, the Valles Caldera had already been the focus of intense public interest for decades: it is a land of superlatives. In beauty, productivity, ecological and geological significance, scientific interest, cultural importance, and in sheer magnificence, it is a landscape of the first rank. Its singularity began with the geological events that unfolded some 1.22 million years ago when the area became the scene of violent volcanic activity and subsequently formed a giant caldera, or collapsed volcano, in the present Jemez Mountains. Today the massive volcanic field is dormant but not extinct. ... Read more

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OUTSTANDING!
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A LITTLE-KNOWN AREA IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO,FORMERLY A PRIVATE RANCH,THAT WAS BOUGHT BY THE FOREST SERVICE IN 2000,AND IS NOW A NATIONAL FOREST PRESERVE.
THE BOOK DETAILS THE HISTORY OF THE RANCH AND HOW IT BECAME PART OF THE NATIONAL PRESERVE SYSTEM.IT IS A LAVISHLY PRODUCED VOLUME,WITH 59 BEAUTIFUL,FULL PAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS OUTSTANDING SCENIC AREA.
IF YOU ARE A FAN OF WESTERN LANDSCAPES AND WESTERN AMERICANA,I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU GET A COPY.


BILL NEWTON
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Describes the geography, history, government, people, culture, and attractions of New Mexico. ... Read more

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Seventeen years have elapsed since I was in the territory in which the events in the early history of the Rio Grande Pueblos transpired, and twenty-nine years since I first entered the field of research among those Pueblos under the auspices of the Archaeological Institute of America. I am now called upon by the Institute to do for the Indians of the Rio Grande villages what I did nearly two decades ago for the Zuni tribe, namely, to record their documentary history.

I shall follow the method employed by me in the case of the documentary history of Zuni, by giving the events with strict adherence to documentary sources, so far as may be possible, and shall employ the correlated information of other branches only when absolutely indispensable to the elucidation of the documentary material.

The geographical features of the region to be treated are too well known to require mention. Neither can folklore and tradition, notwithstanding their decisive importance in a great many cases, be touched upon except when alluded to in the sources themselves. I am fully aware, as I stated in presenting the history of the Zuni tribe, that a history based exclusively on documents, whether printed or written, must necessarily be imperfect because it is not impartial, since it summarizes the views of those who saw and understood but one side of the question, and judged it only from their own standpoint. This defect cannot be remedied, as it underlies the very nature of the task, and the greater therefore is the necessity of carefully studying the folklore of the Indians in order to check and complete as well as to correct the picture presented by people acquainted with the art of writing.



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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Permian Basin is a sedimentary basin largely contained in the western part of the U.S. state of Texas and the southeastern part of the state of New Mexico. It reaches from just south of Lubbock, Texas, to just south of Midland & Odessa, extending westward into the southeastern part of the adjacent state of New Mexico. It is so named because it has one of the world's thickest deposits of rocks from the Permian geologic period. The greater Permian Basin comprises several component basins: of these, Midland Basin is the largest, Delaware Basin is the second largest, and Marfa Basin is the smallest. The Permian Basin extends beneath an area approximately 250 miles wide and 300 miles long. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ojo Amarillo is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 829 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the census of 2000, there were 829 people, 174 households, and 163 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 434.8 people per square mile (167.6/km²). There were 193 housing units at an average density of 101.2/sq mi (39.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 1.57% White, 0.12% African American, 95.54% Native American, 0.48% from other races, and 2.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.33% of the population. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! LosAlamosis a townsite and census-designated place(CDP) in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, UnitedStates. The population of the CDP was 11,909 at the2000 census. The townsite or "the hill" is one partof town while White Rock is also part of the town.Technically, both are part of the same incorporatedcity/county. Los Alamos is home to the Los AlamosNational Laboratory, which was founded to undertakethe Manhattan Project. Los Alamos County is anincorporated county, and many county offices arelocated at the townsite of Los Alamos. Los AlamosHigh School is the public high school of Los AlamosCounty. Before the Manhattan Project, the site wasoccupied by the Los Alamos Ranch School. Los Alamoshas a county council which the people elect to four- year terms. The county council is seven members withfour or three persons elected every two years to thefour-year terms. The council elects a chairman andvice-chairman. ... Read more