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Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans

by Alan Riding · 1984

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A study of Mexico - political, social, cultural, economic - by a journalist who was for the past 6 years the NYT bureau chief in Mexico City. With portraits of Mexico's top leaders, about a nation whose stability is vital to our national well-being.

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1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisMexicoMexicoMore like thisLess of thisLatin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 432 pages

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