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La remolacha azucarera, o betabel, como era conocido este cultivo por los jornaleros mexicanos, se introdujo en Estados Unidos en los años posteriores a la Guerra Civil. Ese conflicto destruyó los campos cañeros de Luisiana y provocó un aumento desmedido en las importaciones de azúcar desde el Caribe. Como consecuencia, autoridades gubernamentales y empresarios optaron por este tubérculo como una fuente de endulzantes. Cuando la siembra de remolacha se expandió, las compañías azucareras estadounidenses contrataron a miles de trabajadores mexicanos para su cuidado y cultivo. Se...

El argumento central del libro examina como varios grupos de la elite gubernamental han buscado construir mecanismos mas adecuados ante las exigencias de crecimiento y de modernizacion para contrarrestar el agotamiento del modelo de desarrollo intervencionista y populista, perceptible desde 1968. Este libro es la version castellana de "Mexique: une revolution silencieuse? elites gouvernementales et projet de modernisation, 1970-1995" publicado en Paris en 1999 por la editorial L'Harmattan. Su autora -Isabelle Rousseau- es profesora e investigadora en el Centro de Estudios Internacionales de...

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