The Business Climate in Mexico
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This 10 page paper examines the business climate in Mexico. A case study, submitted by a student, is used as a springboard for discussion. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA519Mex.rtf

The Causes of Revolution; Mexico and Cuba
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This 5 page paper considers the role of nationalism in the revolutions in Mexico and Cuba. The paper examines whether nationalism can be cited as the cause of these revolutions of just as an outcome, or if there are other factors such as poverty that can be blamed. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEmexrev.wps

The Cortes Point of View Compared to that of Diaz del Castillo
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This 9 page report discusses how the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes has been glorified, mythologized, and vilified, even though his actual achievements were significantly more modest than popular history records. This report considers the points of view put forth by both Hernan Cortes himself and Bernal Diaz del Castillo regarding the events that took place in Mexico between 1519 and 1525. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWcortes.wps

The Coyote as Symbolic in T.C. Boyle’s “The Tortilla Curtain”
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This is a 6 page paper discussing the symbolism as portrayed by the coyote as similar to that of the American attitude toward illegal immigrants in the United States. T.C. Boyle’s “The Tortilla Curtain” tells an effective story of illegal immigration in Southern California. While he tells the story of several characters throughout the novel he best depicts the feelings of the characters symbolically by paralleling the story of the immigrants as comparable to the coyotes which continuously intrude into the yards of the residents in the community. By using the coyote symbolism, Boyle best expresses the duality felt by the characters and by American citizens in general in that many feel that the illegal immigrants are intruding upon their “space” in the United States and arriving impoverished and hungry while at the same time everybody understands that the immigrants, and the coyotes, only cross the border in hopes for rewards of a better life because of it. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TJBoyle1.rtf

The Creation of a Bipolar Mexico as a Result of NAFTA Membership
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This 14 page paper looks at the effect NAFTA has had on Mexico, arguing it has created a bipolar nation with the north and the south divided by economic factors which have resulted in different industries, social cultures, social facilities, attitudes and perceptions of international trade and NAFTA. The paper includes two graphs and the bibliography cites 13 sources.
Filename: TEnafmns.wps

The Cuban and Mexican Revolutions Compared
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This 5 page paper examines the two revolutions and how they are alike and how they are different. Attention is paid to political ideology. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA640rev.rtf

The Effects of Neoliberalization of the Economy on Mexican Society
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A 4 page discussion of the impacts of neoliberalization and globalization on the economy and, in turn, Mexican society. The author contends that for many Latin American countries the impacts of neoliberalism on their society have been quite negative. This is certainly the case for Mexico. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPmexNeo.rtf

The Effects Of Oppression On The Health Of Mexican Women
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A 7 page research paper that examines how the patriarchal culture of Mexican creates a climate of oppression, which contributes towards violence against Mexican woman. In turn, this violence is a contributing factor toward the frequency that Mexican women have problems with drug dependency, alcoholism and depression. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Mexwomen.wps

The Encomienda: A Comparison of Spanish and Indian Interactions in Peru, Guatemala, and Central Mexico
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A 10 page discussion of the enconmienda, that system set up by the Spanish to administer the Indian populations of Central and South America. Emphasizes that the cultures which comprised the Americas were not only extremely diverse, they were not always accustomed to being subjugated in the manner the Spanish expected. What arose was an administrative system which differed substantially according to the geographic and cultural area in which it was based. The study of the enconmienda therefore is not a study of either Spanish or Indian society but instead is a study of the geographical, economic and demographic factors which interacted both with the Spaniards and the Indians. Bibliography lists sources.
Filename: PPencomi.wps

The Fall of Communism: Like Dominos on the Carpet
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This five-page paper presents a detailed description of the fall of Communism. Beginning at the Polish Solidarity Movement and trailing each nations dismantling of Communism in eastern Europe the paper concludes with the former Soviet Union's restructuring. Bibliography lists four sources.
Filename: CWfalcom.wps

The Family in Hispanic Culture
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A 10 page paper discussing the concept of family in Hispanic culture, which is one that no member of that culture can take lightly. It is the central unit of society, and it is the first source of aid and support that many others look to government to provide. The Hispanic family has an authoritative leader, but it operates according to democratic process. The paper discusses gender roles, acculturation, decision making, conflict resolution and other family-specific matters. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSsocHispCultr.rtf

The Impact of Nationalism: From Napoleon to the Nationalistic Move Latin America
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A 7 page overview of nationalism around the world. This paper notes that nationalism, the strong belief in country and culture, is a characteristic of most contemporary countries. Nationalism has played a particularly strong role in the history of the world during the last three centuries, from the American and French Revolutions right up to the nationalistic movements of the 1960s through the 1980s. Emphasizing the history of Brazil, Germany, and Mexico, this paper asserts that there is a similarity in the factors which inspired the rise of nationalism. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPntnlSp.rtf

The Influence of NAFTA in the Zapista Movement
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15 pages in length. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) started on January 1, 1994. On this day the people of Chiapas Mexico had planned to celebrate its beginning. When they awoke that morning, however, "two thousand indigenous guerrillas had taken over four major county seats, including the colonial capital of San Cristobal de las Casas. Why did this happen and what did NAFTA have to do with it? This paper is an in-depth look at those questions. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: JGAzapat.wps

The Maya, The Inca And The Aztec
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The ancient civilizations of Meso America are of utmost interest to modern students of archeology, history and, or, the behavioral sciences. This 6 page essay explores the similarities and differences between these cultures in art, religion, agriculture and organization.
Filename: KTmexind.wps

The Mexican Economy
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5 pages. An analysis of the Mexican economy. The book Mexican Lives gives the reader some insight to the economic crisis and restructuring of the 1980's. This period did not affect all the economic classes of people in the same way. The richest have had the hardest time and have paid the highest cost. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: JGAmxlve.rtf

The Mexican Peso Crisis of 1995
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This 22 page paper looks at the 1995 crisis in Mexico and tries to determine the causes of the crisis. The currency overvaluation, a very fragile bank system, and the low foreign reserves are considers as causes along with the international trade situation and the entrance of the country into NAFTA. The paper has 6 graphs and cites 14 sources.
Filename: TEmexicc.wps

The Mexican Revolution
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This 5 page paper explores the role of land reform in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTmexrvt.wps