In the shadow of the giant

"In this first book to view modem Mexico in the era of NAFTA and globalization, In the Shadow of the Giant offers insight into the land on our southern border. Revealing a vastly different physical and cultural landscape from his days as a young journalist living in Mexico in the mid-1980s, Joseph Contreras tracks the relentless and ongoing Americanization of his ancestral home. In addition to embracing our virtues and vices, Contreras argues that our southern neighbor has become a de facto economic colony of the United States."--BOOK JACKET.