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A collection of sixteen essays that provides varying perspectives on issues related to Mexico, discussing the instability of Mexican society, what NAFTA's impact has been on Mexico, if migration is an issue for Mexico and the United States, and what the U.S.'s policy should be towards Mexico.

Uses the metaphor of a disease to explore how society has been affected by Americans' obsessive quest for material gain.

Provides insight into the land and peoples of Nigeria with an emphasis on the country's economic development.

This is a rabble-rousing, darkly humorous, straight from the heart look at our hectic, and often out-of-control, modern lives. Not since Lewis Mumford or even Thoreau has a writer taken such a giant step off the beaten path to see where our technology-obsessed, depersonalized society is hurtling at this frantic pace. Ferenc Mate sounds the alarm that with our single-minded emphasis on economic growth we are devastating not only our cities, our economy, and our very planet, but also our communities, families, and even friendships.

Chuck Klosterman explores the people, shows, products, and events that shaped American popular culture from the late 1970s through 2004.

Newsman Koppel offers his observations on significant matters of 1999--the Clinton impeachment, the war in Kosovo, the global economy, even Viagra.

On cover: A Washington Post book examining what the war did to America, and to those Americans who came of age during the war years.

A collection of real-life stories from Mexican people telling of the living conditions, politics, and values of Mexico.