The United States and Mexico
- Author
- Jürgen Buchenau
- Narrator
- TBD
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 10 December 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The border between the US and Mexico is the world’s longest between a wealthy industrialized nation and a part of the Global South. The economy, society, culture, and politics of the two nations have become inextricably linked.
As the United States continues to assert its considerable geopolitical power, this book reminds us that this trend runs deep in the country's history, starting with its closest neighbors. Buchenau explores US territorial expansion, the Mexican Revolution of 1910, disputes over agricultural and mineral wealth, and the migration of Mexican laborers. Despite that massive power imbalance, Buchenau shows us that Mexico's influence on the United States is just as significant as the inverse.
Critics Review
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...Both authoritative and digestible. An ideal primer for readers
interested in these countries’ intertwined historiesBooklist
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Jürgen Buchenau’s concise, accessible narrative manages to compare and contrast the centuries-long growth of the United States and Mexico while arguing for the constant mutual influence on, and interlacing of, their economies and cultures. Through telling detail and engrossing vignettes, it also proves mindful of the complexity of the humans caught in the asymmetrical conflicts between their governments. We all need this reminder that walls have always been anomalous in the North American landscape.
Alan McPherson, Temple University, USA
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Comprehensive and compelling, The United States and Mexico takes readers on an eye-opening journey through five centuries of partnership and conflict. Casual readers and experts alike have much to learn from Buchenau’s engrossing and indispensable narrative.
Renata Keller, associate professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA
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Details
- Author
- Jürgen Buchenau
- Narrator
- TBD
- Duration
- 8 hours
- Release Date
- 10 December 2026
- ISBN
- 9798216602279
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Geopolitics, Indigenous peoples in the Americas: religions, belief systems, cultural worldviews and spiritual beliefs, History of the Americas, International relations
Synopsis
<b> A lively, accessible introduction to the asymmetrical relationship between the United States and Mexico, one of the most formative international relationships in geopolitics today</b>. <br><br>The border between the US and Mexico is the world’s longest between a wealthy industrialized nation and a part of the Global South. The economy, society, culture, and politics of the two nations have become inextricably linked.<br><br>As the United States continues to assert its considerable geopolitical power, this book reminds us that this trend runs deep in the country's history, starting with its closest neighbors. Buchenau explores US territorial expansion, the Mexican Revolution of 1910, disputes over agricultural and mineral wealth, and the migration of Mexican laborers. Despite that massive power imbalance, Buchenau shows us that Mexico's influence on the United States is just as significant as the inverse.
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