The Wirth Trinational Library

A selection of texts available at NAMI's Santa Fe offices.

NORTH AMERICA | US & MEXICO | MEXICO | US & CANADA | CANADA | NAFTA/FREE TRADE | ENVIRONMENT

AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER ISBN NUMBER PAGES COPIES DESCRIPTION
             
Aguayo, Sergio Myths and [Mis]Perceptions: Changing U.S. Elite Visions of Mexico Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego and the Centro de Estudios Internacionales, el Colegio de Mexico. La Jolla; 1998 ISBN: 1-87-8367-36-6 423 pages 1 copy This book deals with diverse aspects of Mexican reality with a key emphasis on Mexico-United States relations and the Mexican political system. Close attention is paid to the Mexican regime's capacity to control society through a skillful combination of hegemony and coercion, and the persistent efforts of a number of groups to struggle against the government's grip.
             
Bean, Frank D. et al. Ed. At the Crossroads: Mexico and US Immigration Policy Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham; 1997 ISBN: 0-8476-8391-5 (cloth : alk. Paper); ISBN: 0-8476-8392-3 (pbk. : alk. Paper) 322 pages 1 copy This book seeks to redress the imbalance of congressional policy in regard to legal Mexican immigration by focusing on Mexican migration to the United States and its significance for U.S. policy and U.S.-Mexico relations.
             
Lowenthal, Abraham F. and Katrina Burgess. Ed The California-Mexico Connection Stanford University Press. Stanford; 1993 ISBN: 0-8047-2187-4 (pbk: acid-free paper) 364 pages 1 copy This book is the first in any language to explore the nature, scope, and effects of the California-Mexico connection. It analyzes the movements of people, goods, money, politics, and culture across the California-Mexico border, and explores its implications for both parties.
             
Mendoza Berrueto, Eliseo. Coordinador Sociedad y Politica: Mexico y Estados Unidos. Una vision reciproca II El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Tijuana; 1996 ISBN: 968-6075-65-8 186 pages 1 copy This book offers varied perspectives on the U.S.-Mexico relationship, and offers responses to questions that arise in regard to social, political, and economic issues.
             
O. de la Garza, Rodolfo and Jesus Velasco. Ed. Bridging the Border: Transforming Mexico-U.S. Relations Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Lanham; 1997 ISBN: 0-8476-8438-5 (cloth); ISBN: 0-8476-8439-3 (pbk) 206 pages 1 copy In this book, distinguished scholars from Mexico, the United States, and Great Britain take up questions relating to the future of Mexico-U.S. relations in crucial areas including lobbying and diplomacy, labor relations, immigration and expatriation, and international finance.
             
Ronfeldt, David and Monica Ortiz de Oppermann Mexican Immigration, U.S. Investment, and U. S.- Mexican Relations The RAND Corporation and the Urban Institute Press. 1991 ISBN: 0-87766-528-1 (paper) 70 pages 1 copy This report presents an analysis of the potential effects of the U.S. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 on U.S.-Mexican relations, It is intended for a broad audience with an interest in immigration and immigrant issues, including public policymakers, the business community, state and local officials, and academic researchers.
             
Smith, Clint E. The Disappearing Border: Mexico-United States Relations to the 1990's The Stanford Alumni Association. Stanford; 1992 ISBN: 0-916318-50-8 176 pages 1 copy In The Disappearing Border, scholar-diplomat Clint E. Smith asserts that the border that divides the United States and Mexico is not physical but cultural. He claims that bridging the psychological chasm that has divided us in the past is the key to key to the stable partnership both countries seek.
             
Smith, Clint E. Inevitable Partnership: Understanding Mexico-U.S. Relations Lynne Rienner Publishers. Boulder; 2000. ISBN: 1-55587-897-0 (hc); ISBN: 1-555787-873-3 (pbk) 241 pages 1 copy  
             
Thorup, Cathryn L. The United States and Mexico: Face to Face With New Technology. Transaction Books. New Brunswick; 1987. ISBN: 0-88738-663-6 213 pages 1 copy This study explores what adjustment to the worldwide technological transformation means for the United States and Mexico--for people and policies in Mexico and the United States, and for relations between the two nations. The study draws together specific recommendations on improving the efficiency of bilateral economic interaction, reducing the adjustment costs of technological change, and avoiding diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
             
Torres, Blanca. Coordinadora. Interdependencia. Un enfoque util para el analisis de las relaciones Mexico-Estados Unidos? El Colegio de Mexico. Pedregal de Santa Teresa; 1990. ISBN: 968-12-0433-6 310 pages 1 copy This book contains articles presented at a seminar covering theory of international relations. The articles seek to answer questions surrounding the growing interdependency of the U.S.-Mexico relationship.
             
Weintraub, Sidney. A Marriage of Convenience: Relations Between Mexico and the United States. Oxford University Press. New York; 1990. ISBN:0-19-506125-X 270 pages 1 copy In this comprehensive account of recent developments in the U.S.-Mexico relationship , and the ways in which internal developments in each country have affected the other, Sidney Weintraub helps dispel any doubt about each country's importance to the other--and hence the need for mutual respect and a realistic assessment of each other's needs.
             
Journals/Institute Publications/ Government Reports/Assessments
             
Centro de Investigaciones Sobre America del Norte, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (CISAN):
             
Verea Campos, Monica. Coordinadora. 50 anos de relaciones Mexico-Canada: Encuentros y Coincidencias. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Ciudad Universitaria; 1994. ISBN: 968-36-4002-8 101 pages 1 copy This publication contains Canadian and Mexican perspectives on the bilateral relationship between the two countries following fifty years of official diplomatic relations.
           
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego:
             
Coatsworth, John H. and Carlos Rico. Ed. Images of Mexico in the United States Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego 1989. (v. 1) ISBN: 0-935391-88-6 137 pages I copy This volume is part of a five-volume series, Dimensions of United States-Mexican Relations, consisting of selected background papers that provide a broad range of informed perspectives on key issues facing the countries' relations. The papers in this volume focus on the various perceptions of Mexico in the United States.

Papers prepared for the Bilateral Commission on the Future of United Stated-Mexican Relations.
             
Glade, William and Cassio Luiselli. Ed. The Economics of Interdependence: Mexico and the United States. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego 1989 (v.II) ISBN: 0-935391-90-8   1 copy This volume is part of a five-volume series, Dimensions of United States-Mexican Relations, consisting of selected background papers that provide a broad range of informed perspectives on key issues facing the countries' relations. The papers in this volume focus on the many economic facets of the interdependent U.S.-Mexico relationship.
             
Cornelius, Wayne A. and Jorge A Bustamante. Ed. Mexican Migration to the United States: Origins, Consequences, and Policy Options. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego 1989. (v. III) ISBN: 0-935391-90-8   1 copy This volume is part of a five-volume series, Dimensions of United States-Mexican Relations, consisting of selected background papers that provide a broad range of informed perspectives on key issues facing the countries' relations. The papers in this volume focus on issues surrounding Mexican migration to the United States.
             
Gonzalez, Guadalupe and Marta Tienda. Ed. The Drug Connection In U.S.-Mexican Relations. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego. 1989 (v. IV) ISBN: 0-935391-94-0   1 copy This volume is part of a five-volume series, Dimensions of United States-Mexican Relations, consisting of selected background papers that provide a broad range of informed perspectives on key issues facing the countries' relations. The essays in this volume are part of a collective effort to undertake a systematic and objective study of the increasingly complex problem of drugs in the context of U.S.-Mexican relations.
             
Green, Rosario and Peter H. Smith. Ed. Foreign Policy in U. S.-Mexican Relations. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego. 1989. (v. V) ISBN: 0-935391-82-7   1 copy This volume is part of a five-volume series, Dimensions of United States-Mexican Relations, consisting of selected background papers that provide a broad range of informed perspectives on key issues facing the countries' relations. The papers in this volume focus on the history, development, and prospects for reform of foreign policy of and between Mexico and the United States.
             
Congress of the United States: Office of Technology Assessment US-Mexico Trade: Pulling Together or Pulling Apart? Washington, DC. 1992. ISBN: 0-16-038096-0 225 pages 1 copy This report was prepared for the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor and the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources in order to answer questions about the potential effects of NAFTA for the United States and Mexico.
             
Library Directory Recursos: A Directory of Mexican-American Institutions, Organizations, and University Programs Based in the United States of America 1990 Directory. Benjamin Franklin Library, Mexico, D.F.     1 copy This volume is the result of the 1989 U.S.-Mexico Binational Commission Meeting in Mexico City. It was prepared in order to inform the countries' respective peoples of the many institutions which are dedicated to advancing greater mutual understanding and exchange between Mexico and the United States.