Number 6, Summer 1983

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BERKEL EY • D AVIS • IR VIN E • L os A NGELES • R IVERSIDE • SAN D IEGO • SAN FR ANCISCO • S AN TA B ARBARA • SAN TA CRUZ Ill PROFMEX·ANUIES International Conference Scheduled for Tijuana in October

Hosted by CEFNOMEX representing the Carlos Monsivais (UNAM) ANUIES representatives to the Con­ Asociaci6n Nacional de Universidades e Jacinto Quirarte (UT San ference include Rafael Velasco lnstitutos de Ensenanza Superior and by Anton io) Fernandez (Secretario General UCLA and UC MEX US representing IV . Games Without Rules Ejecutivo), Antonio Gago Huguet PROFMEX , the Ill Conference of Mexican Moderator Manuel Garcia y Griego (Secretario Academico), and Ermilo J. and U.S. Universities on Border Studies (COLMEX) Marroquin (D irector de Relaciones will meet October 24 and 25 in Tijuana Panelists Lorenzo Meyer (COLMEX) lnternacionales y Becas) The theme of the conference is " Rules of Clark Reynolds (Stanford) Invited to close the conference are the Game in Border Life ," and attendance Ross Shipman (UTA) the Ambassadors of both countries , John is without restriction . Jesus Tamayo (CIDE) A. Gavin (Mexico City) and Jorge Invited to open the Conference are Jorge Vargas (Univ. of San Espinosa de los Reyes (Washington, D.C.) the Attorneys General of Mexico and the Diego) The conference is funded by US ICA United States, Sergio Garcia Ramirez Scott Whiteford (Michigan and ANUIES. and William French Smith. Smith wil l also State University) For more information, contact the con­ serve in his capacity as Regent of the Uni ­ Other invited speakers include ference organizers: Jorge Bustamante, versity of California. Carlos Fuentes and Bruce Babbitt for CEFNOMEX, Box L, Chula Vista, CA Partic ipating in the following sessions the luncheon speeches and Stanley R. 92012, tel . Tijuana 88-00-38 (who is also are scholars from Mexico and the United Ross and Jorge Bustamante for the din­ handling hotel reservations) or James W. States ner speeches. Wilkie (UC MEX US) I. Juridical Norms Moderator Michael C. Meyer (UA) Papers Arturo Lic6n (UAC) UC MEXUS Announces Awards for Dale Beck Furnish (ASU) Research and Collaborative lntercampus Commentators: Jorge Carpizo (UNAM) Projects Albert E. Utton (UNM) The UC MEX US Executive Committee at its Marina del Rey meeting April 4, 1983, made II. Defacto Rules awards of over $219,000 for 46 Mexico-related projects. The awards to members of the Moderator Mario Ojeda (COLMEX) UC Academic Senate were distributed as follows Papers Milton Jamail (UT A) Jorge Bustamante Humanities $20,475 9.3% (C EF NOMEX) Social Sciences 96 ,949 44.2 Commentator Miguel Angel Health Sciences 25 ,580 11.7 Cardenas (Mexicali) Agricultural and Marine Sc iences 64 ,701 29.5 Ill. Cultural Interaction Other Sciences 11 ,525 5.3 Moderator Stanley L. Robe (UCLA) Panelists Rodolfo Anaya (UNM) The seed awards are for the period ending June 30 , 1984, and averaged $4, 760 Guy Bensusan (Univ. of each. The principle investigators (Pl) and project titles are as follows Northern Arizona) Miguel Le6n-Portilla Pl NAME PROPOSAL TITLE (UNAM) Tomas Almaguer The Changing Nature of Gender Role s and Relations within Re­ Gonzalo Martinez Ortega cent Mexican Immigrant Families A Study of Four San Francisco (D irector de Cine) Bay Area Communities

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Miguel Altieri The Ecology of Insect Communities in Tlaxaca Corn Fields of Vary­ Carlos Munoz Visiting Lecture Series, Call for Articles: Stephen Gleissman ing Degrees of Vegetational Diversity UC MEXUS NEWS Peggy B. Musgrave Conference on "Economic Problems of Common Concern to Mexican Daniel Anderson Development of a Teaching and Research Collection of Verte­ Mexico and the United States" brates at the Universidad Aut6noma de Baja California Sur Editor, Paul Ganster Studies/Estudios Systematics of Parasitic Hymenoptera and Predaceous Mites Im­ Publ ished by the Office of the Earl Oatman Shirley Arora A Study of the Llorona Legend and other Contemporary Legends J.D. Pinto portant to Biological Control in Mexico Mexicanos Un iversity Coordinator of Mexico J.R. McMurtry G. Gordh Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos of­ UC MEXUS/ UCLA James G. Baldwin Characterization of Physiological Races of the Burrowing Nema­ fers a forum for presentation and discus­ 1201 Campbell Hall Identification of Bluetongue Viruses Causing Infection of Livestock tode for More Efficient Control and Regulation B.I. Osburn sion of multi-disciplinary and interdiscipli­ 405 Hilgard Avenue J.L. Stott in Mexico nary research which re lates to Mexico and T. Bellows Implementation of Pest Management Strategies on Cotton in University of California David Hird its people. The journal sets up an alliance V. Sevacherian Northwest Mexico Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA Marguerite Pappaioanou Epidemiological Analysis of Taenia Solium Cycticercosis in among scholars from all disciplines to (213) 206-8500 Telex 677654 Robert BonDurant Development of Instructional Television Mexico address issues which have broad impli­ cations for the country. Contributions may George Borjas The Impact of Mexicans on the Earnings of Non-Mexicans in the James W Wilkie, Universitywide Daniel Ramirez Conference on "Chicano Cultural Perceptions" U.S. Labor Market Coordinator Adaljiza Sosa be synthetic, interpretive, analytical, or Guillermo Rojas theoretical but must contribute in a signifi­ Edgar Butler Migration and Fertility in Mexico and Their Impact on U.S. Susan Schroeder, Associate Editor cant way to understanding of cultural, his­ Urban Food Production in Mexico City: A Collaborative Research James Pick Borderlands Population and Economic Change Jeffrey Romm torical, political, social, economic, or sci­ Patricia Gagan, Editorial Assistant Project entific factors affecting the development Frank Cancian Changing Patterns of Social Stratification in Zinacantan © 1983 by the Regents of the University of The Children of Don Porfirio: Sonora, 1885-191 O of Mexico. Any article not in itself directly California Ram6n E. Ruiz Biliana Cicin-Sain A Binational Conference on U.S.-Mexican Relations on Marine related to Mexico may be accepted if it Resources Georges Sabagh The Prediction of Fertility among Mexican Americans in Los draws important comparative conclusions UC MEXUS NEWS is published quarterly Angeles specific to Mexico. David Collier Labor Politics in Contemporary Mexico: Continuity and Change in the Fall , Winter, Spring , and Summer by the University of California Consortium on Luis Suarez-Villa Colloquium Series for a New Graduate Course, "Social Ecology of All contributions and editorial corre­ Wayne Cornelius Government Attempts to Regulate the Use of Mexican Labor in the Mexico and the United States (UC the Borderlands" spondence should be sent to Jaime E. MEXUS) , 1201 Campbell Hall, UCLA, 405 U.S. Economy: A Study of Outcomes Rodriguez, Editor, Mexican Studies!­ Hilgard Ave. , Los Angeles, CA 90024, Ivan J. Thomason Workshop on "Recent Developments in the Biology and Control of Estudios Mexicanos, 155 Administration, Richard Falk Use of Different Lime-Treated Legumes in Tortilla Preparation (213) 206-8500. Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Second class postage paid at Los the New World" University of California, Irvine, CA 92717. Richard Figueroa The Transnational Assessment of Spanish Language Disabilities Angeles, California, POSTMASTER: Two copies of each contribution should be Send address changes to UC MEXUS , Barbara Merino Richard Valencia Intellectual Performances and Academic Achievement of submitted, accompanied by a stamped, UCLA, 1201 Campbell Hall, 405 Hilgard Mexican-American School Children: Influences of Family Constel­ self-addressed envelope of suitable size. Urbanization Along the U.S-Mexican Border: A Study of Twin Ave. , Los Angeles, CA 90024. lation , Sociocultural, and Home Environment Variables John Friedmann Manuscripts will be published in either Margaret FitzSimmons Cities UC MEXUS Executive Committee: International Connections Between Formal/Informal Economies: English or Spanish. Both text and foot­ John Pippenger (UCSB), Chair; John Walton Raymond Garza A Socio-Ecological Approach to Community Development in Rural The Case of Mexico and the United States notes should be clearly typed with double Salom6n Bartnicki-Garcia (UCR); Mexico spacing and wide margins; footnotes Norris C. Hundley (UCLA); Charles UNAM-UCSD Cooperation on Solid State Physics Chia-Wei Woo should appear separately at the end of the Juan G6mez-Quinones Instructional Materials Project A. Reilly (UCSD), David W. Robinson M. Brian Maple (UCO); Jaime E. Rodriguez (UCI); Sheldon Schultz manuscript. Illustrations may be included David E. Hansen An Empirical Evaluation of Agricultural Credit Policies in David J. Sanchez, Jr. (UCSF); Alex M. L.J. Sham by arrangement with the editor. Michoacan, Mexico Saragoza (UCB); David G. Sweet (UCSC); and James W. Wilkie (UCLA), David Hayes-Bautista Professional School lntercambio ex-officio. David Specht UCMEXUS Monterrey Border From the editor ... David Hayes-Bautista The Mutual Influence of Health Policy Institutions and Status of Executive Urbanization Jose Joel Garcia Mexico and California Committee News Workshop Readers are invited to submit items David Hird UCD-UABC Animal Health Program PROFMEX SECRETARIAT for possible inclusion in future mem­ H. Riemann John Pippenger (UCSB) is serving as The lnstituto Tecnol6gico y de Estudios bers of the UC MEX US NEWS. The Clint E. Smith, Coordinator chair of the Executive Committee during Superiores de Monterrey, through its stories should be programmatic in na­ FRl -306 Michael Kearney A Case Study of a Migratory Labor Network in Mexico and United 1983; and David Sanchez, Jr. (UCSF) will Unidad Econometrica (UNET), will hold a ture, typed, double-spaced, and writ­ States Stanford University serve as chair during 1984. David Sweet conference entitled " First Workshop on ten in press release form. Articles in Stanford, CA 94305 USA has replaced Eugene Cota-Robles as the Urbanization Research for the Northeast Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr. Borderline: A Bibliographic Database of Materials on the U.S.­ (415) 497-3096 back numbers of the NEWS should Mexican Border UCSC representative to the Committee. Mexico Border Region" in Monterrey, serve as guides for content and style. Nuevo Le6n, June 24-25, 1983. The main PROFMEX Directors: James W. All Mexican institutions and organiza­ Burney J. LeBoeuf The California Sea Lion in the Gulf of California Wilkie (University of California), Pres­ goals of the workshop will be tions must be identified by their com­ • To present ongoing research on urbani­ David Mares Mexican Trade Pol icy amidst Economic Crises, Energy Booms, ident; Wayne A. Cornelius (UC San plete names in Spanish. Authors of and Political Reforms: The Lopez Portillo Years Diego); Paul Ganster (UCLA), ex­ zation and regionalization in the Northeast Mexico-related books should have officio; Abraham Lowenthal (The Wil­ ACRONYMS border region. review copies sent directly to the Jane R. Mercer Collaborative Project to Develop Bi national Assessment Proce­ son Center); Colin M. Maclachlan • To discuss current urbanization issues. NEWS. The deadline for submission Adalberto Aguirre dures (UC Irvine and UCLA), ex-officio; For listing of acronyms used, see UC • To discuss methodological and data of material for the fall issue is August Oscar J. Martinez (University ofTexas MEX US NEWS, #5, 1983, p. 20. source problems for the region. Barbara J. Merino Hands Across the Border A Symposium on the Education of the 1; for the winter number the deadline at El Paso); Michael C. Meyer (Uni­ • To discuss the agenda for future urbani­ Richard Figueroa Spanish Speaking in Mexico and the United States versity of Arizona); Clark W. Reynolds is October 14. zation research in northeast Mexico and (Stanford University); Stanley R. Ross Paul Ganster Alfredo Mirande Machismo in Mexico and the United States the adjacent region of the United States. (University of Texas at Austin); For more information contact: Armando Morales Validation Study of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) with John W. Sewell (Overseas Develop­ Alejandro Ibarra, Departamento de Felipe Castro Elderly Hispanics ment Council); and Albert E. Utton (University of New Mexico). Economia, ITESM , Sue. de Correos J, Rebecca Morales New Dimensions in Organizing Migrant Workers: An Analysis of 64849 Monterrey, Nuevo Le6n, Mexico the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Migratorios (Telephone 59-00-33). 4 5

Border Bioresources and Environment Conference at UCLA called "Works of Art as Documents The School of Law. Biliana Cicin-Sain (Politi­ relationships on marine policy issues. " Bi­ New Deal Art Experience in Oklahoma". cal Science, UCSB) and Michael K. lingual publication of conference papers A conference entitled "Bioresources and The conference will bring together a Government and Private Organi­ The other session is entitled "Moving His­ Orbach (East Carolina University, Green­ is planned. Funding for the conference Environmental Hazards of the Bor­ wide range of researchers in the biologi­ zations tory: Documenting, Preserving , and Dis­ ville, N C) are coordinating U.S. involve­ has been provided by UC MEX US , the derlands Problems and Policy Recom­ cal , physical, and social sciences; gov­ • Environmental Protection in the seminating History through Video" . ment in the conference Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at UCSD, mendations" will be held on the UCLA ernment officials; and policy makers from Borderlands National Priorities and Lorena M. Parlee (UCSB) is serving as In addition to scholars, speakers will the California Sea Grant College Program, campus September 12-14, 1983. The the United States and Mexico. Repre­ Policies Chair. Participants include Isaac include present and former officials of the International Program at Scripps Insti­ meetings are being organized by Paul sentatives from international agencies will Papers are still being accepted for Artenstein (Cinewest Productions) the U S. and Mexican governments re­ tution of Oceanography, the Institute of Ganster (Latin American Center, UCLA) also attend the conference as observers. inclusion on the program, depending "Technical , Ethical , and Creative Consid­ sponsible for the conduct of marine affairs Marine Resources at Scripps, the Marine and Hartmut Walter (Geography, UCLA) Panels for the conference include: upon space available. A selected number erations" and Roberto G. Trujillo, (Stan­ and marine scientific research, officers of Policy Program (Marine Science Institute) with the assistance of Howard Applegate • Evolutionary Aspects of the Border of the conference presentations will be ford University) who will speak on "The several international organizations, and at UCSB. and CESTEEM in Mexico City. (Civil Engineering, UTEP) The goals of the Landscapes brought together and published by the Value of Video as Archival Material for representatives of private business organ­ Participation will be by invitation only. conference are • Ecosystem Analysis of the UCLA Latin American Center. A Spanish­ Research and Reference". izations with a special interest in marine Further information may be obtained from • To present basic information about Borderlands language version will be published con­ Special events include a slide lecture resource issues. Biliana Cicin-Sa1n , Marine Policy and the environment and bioresources of the • Unique Plant and Animal Resources currently by a Mexican publisher. entitled "The San Diego Experience" The organizers describe the confer­ Ocean Management Program, Woods borderlands. • Economic Botany The conference is hosted by the which will be given by Iris H. W. ence as an attempt "to foster a construc­ Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods • To present basic data documenting • Recreation, Bioresources, and En­ UCLA Latin American Center with the col­ Engstrand (University of San Diego). The tive and candid dialogue between marine Hole, MA 02543 (617) 548-1400, x2216 or the impact of human populations on the vironment in the Borderlands laboration of UTE P's Center for Inter­ presidential address, "With a Little Help analysts and policy makers 1n both coun­ x2449. environment in both urban and rural areas • Conservation and Management of American and Border Studies. Funding for from Their Saints" . will be given by Donald tries that may ultimately lead to improved of the border. Borderlands Bioresources the conference is provided by Ford Foun­ C. Cutter of St. Mary's University His talk • To present policy recommendations • Quality and Management of Air and dation, Mexico City, with assistance of the will deal with Spanish exploration and set­ for dealing with environmental hazards Water Resources Mexico-United States Border Research tlement in the Southwest. Book Notes and the protection, conservation , and ra­ • Pesticides and the Borderlands Program of UTA. All conference activities including tional use of natural resources in the bor­ • The Borderlands Environment and Inquiries regarding presentation of a book exhibits will be held in the Aztec with a center and peripheries, all parts of der region . Human Health paper at the conference or attendance as Center of San Diego State University For which were characterized by variants of • To improve communications among • Urban Development and the Bor­ an observer should be directed to Paul additional information contact Dennis E. the same processes regardless of nation­ Mexican and U.S. scholars, policy derlands Environment Ganster, Coordinator of Mexico Programs, Berge, PCB Meeting, Department of His­ ality or imperial borders. Trying to do jus­ makers, planners, and government • Environmental Protection in the Latin American Center. UCLA, Los An­ tory, San Diego State University, San tice to both the older and the newer histor­ leaders concerned with problems of the Borderlands State and Local geles, CA 90024 (213) 825-4572. Diego, CA 92182 (619) 265-5262. ical literature, the authors see legal , insti­ environment in the borderlands. tutional, and political phenomena within a social, economic, and cultural context. UCSD Marine They incorporate insights from neighbor­ ing disciplines and newer techniques in Pacific Coast Historical Meeting Features Mexico Policy Conference historical research, but attempt to avoid the use of technical language. Although San Diego State University (SDSU) will College) "The Nahuatl of the Far North: Paul Ganster (UCLA) will chair An international conference on "Mexico there are few explicit references to later host the annual meeting of the Pacific 18th Century Saltillo"; Susan Schroeder " Indian Resistance in Colonial Latin and the U.S Marine Policy Relations in times, the approach, with its emphasis on Coast Branch of the American Historical (UCLA) "The Historian Chimalpahin"; and America". Participants are Murdo A. the Law of the Sea Convention Era, " will broad social and economic trends across Association on August 10-13, 1983. Stephanie Gail Wood (UCLA) "Late Co­ Macleod (UA) , " Indian Rebellions in be held at UCSD from September 15-17, large areas and long time periods, does While the program for the meeting lonial Nahuatl The Toluca Region " Chiapas, 1690-1715" and Leon G. 1983, at the Scripps Institution of Ocea­ much to throw light on Latin America in the covers a broad spectrum of historical Thomas L. Scharf of the San Diego Campbell (UCR) , "Women and the Great nography. The conference will bring to­ - - Tll. AZ .o. - - nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well. themes, there is a considerable number of Historical Society will chair a session enti­ Rebell ion in Peru , 1780" gether 24 distinguished marine analysts Due to the broad synthetic nature of sessions that deal with the borderlands tled "A German Naturalist in the South­ In a panel giving "A Wide Angle View and policy makers-equally divided be­ this work and the importance of colonial and Mexico. Among the Mexico-related west Duke Paul Wilhelm von of Urban History," chaired by Robert A. J. tween Mexico and the United States- to Figure ;:. Layout of a Spanish city of the Indies. conquest penod New Spain in the historiographical sessions is "Chicano Labor: Two Per­ Wurttemberg's Travels, 1849-1850" . Slide McDonald (University of British Colum­ explore key marine policy issues of con­ literature, Early Latin America 1s an indis­ spectives" with Emilio Zamora (UCLA) lectures will be given by Harry P. Hewitt bia), Alan F. J. Artibise (University of cern to both countries. • Early Latin America. A History of Colo­ pensable source for the understanding of serving as Chair. Vicki L. Ruiz (UTEP) will (Midwestern State University, Wichita Winnipeg) will speak on "Exploring the Originally scheduled for June 1983, nial Spanish America and Brazil. By Mexican history. give a paper entitled "Chicanas in the Falls, Texas) and David H. Miller North American West A Comparative the conference will devote special atten­ James Lockhart and Stuart B. Schwartz Labor Movement: A Prel iminary Ap­ (Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma). Urban Perspective". tion to the implications of the United Na­ (Cambridge Cambridge University Press. • Revolution from Without. Yucatan, praisal" and David Maciel (UNM) will dis­ Their presentations are entitled " Duke "Sexual Ideology and Feminism in the tions Law of the Sea Convention for bilat­ July 1983. Approx. 460 pp. Cloth, approx. Mexico, and the United States, 1880- cuss "The Impossible Strike Mexican Paul and the Mexican Route to the Gold Late Nineteenth Century" , a session eral United States-Mexico relations on $25 00; paper approx. $12.00. Order 1924. By Gilbert M. Joseph (Cambridge Undocumented Workers and Agricultural Fields via the Sierra Madre" and " Duke chaired by Robert P. Neuman (California marine issues; the domestic forces (politi­ from Cambridge University Press, 32 E. Cambridge University Press, 1982. Pp. Conflict in Arizona, 1977-1979'' Another Paul in California," respectively. State University, Sacramento). will have cal, administrative, economic. and social) 57th St. , New York, NY 10022) This book is 405. Cloth $49.50). By focusing on Yuca­ panel, "Indian Philology and Latin Ameri­ Lawrence C. Kelly (North Texas Ricardo Griswold del Castillo (SDSU) as that mold the character of U.S.-Mexican a brief general history of Latin America (or tan , this regional history of the Mexican can History What Colonial Nahuatl Docu­ State University) has organized a panel a participant. His paper 1s entitled relations in the policy domain; the man­ a little more strictly, of Ibero-America) in Revolution not only advances the under­ ments Can Tell Us", will be chaired by entitled "Pueblo Lands under Two Masters "Mexican-American Attitudes Towards agement of tuna fishing in U.S. and the time period between the European standing of the Revolution in that area, but James Lockhart (UCLA) Participants in­ Mexico and the United States. " Those giv­ Sex in the Late Nineteenth Century" Mexican waters; and the conduct of ma­ conquest and the independence of the also contributes to the understanding of c lude S. L. Cline (Harvard University) ing papers are Daniel Tyler (Colorado Two panels deal with photo- rine scientific research by U.S and Spanish American countries and Brazil the Revolution as a whole. Joseph shows "The Testaments of Culhuacan"; Robert State University) "Looking for the Law graphic and video studies. One , "Every Mexican scholars. (about 1492-1825). It is both an introduc­ that revolution arrived late in the Yucatan, S. Haskett (UCLA) "Petitions and Election Pueblo Land Alienation in the Mexican Picture Tells a Story" chaired by Rita C. The Center for U.S.-Mex1can Studies tion for the student at college level and an was less violent. and was probably more Documents from Morelos"; Rebecca Ann Period"; Richard N. Ellis (UNM) "The Lynch (Wells Fargo Museum, Los An­ and the Scripps Institution of Oceanogra­ updated synthesis of the quickly changing radical in its first decade than it was else­ Horn (UCLA) "Spaniards in Indian Docu­ Threat to the Northern Pueblos' Land geles), will have Michael F. Weber (Ari­ phy at UCSD will serve as local hosts for field for the more experienced reader. where in the republic. The author argues ments: The Coyoacan Region"; Frances Base, 1890's-1920's" ; and Guillermo Lux zona Heritage Center) giving a slide pre­ the conference. Mexican participation will The aim of authors Lockhart (UCLA) that the Yucatecan case has important M. Krug (UCLA) "The Annals of the (New Mexico Highlands University) sentation entitled "Imaginary Images The be coordinated by Jorge A. Vargas, and Schwartz (Minnesota) is not only to implications for understanding such cen­ Puebla-Tlaxcala Region "; Juan L6pez " New Mexico Land Grantee- Federal Iconography of Francisco Vasquez de Postdoctoral Research Associate of the treat colonial Spanish America and Brazil tral problems as export dependency and Magana (UCLA) "Texcocan Land Docu­ Government Relations in the Twentieth Coronado" and Sally Soelle (University of Center and Director of the U.S.-Mexico 1n a single volume. something rarely done. regional development, agrarian reform , mentation" ; Leslie Scott Offutt (Vassar Century" Oklahoma) who will give a slide lecture Law Institute at the University of San Diego but to view early Latin America as one unit mass mobilization and caciquismo (bos- 6 7

sism), and the relationship between revo­ town of Mascola, Jalisco, is documented units, known as gobiern os, and for the • Mutual Aid for Survival. The Case of the toric agriculture in southwestern New tne u 1vers11l 01 n m xtco lutionary ideology and practice. This re­ and examined. The author concludes that subdivisions of these entities, usually .i1001 01 taw Mexican American. By Jose Amaro Mexico; Manuel A. Machado's "An Un­ gional study also throws light on the larger national history may not always apply to called partidos. Detai led maps are pro­ Hernandez (Malabar, Florida Robert F. easy Alliance The Hispanic Impact on the strugg le, a struggle that for the most part localities such as Mascola, and points out vided for each gobierno and partido and .. Krieger Publishing Company, 1983. Pp . Southwestern Cattle Industry", and J. Roy was made from above and imposed from the need for histori ans to know more about both the maps and the text are arranged in -· 160. Cloth $11 50) This book is a devel­ Ouinby's essay on hybrid sorghum. Other Mexico City on Mexico's regions and the accommodation of one to the other. accord with the boundaries as they ex­ opmental analysis of Chicano mutual ism sections of this book focus on social and popul ar classes. In short, it was a revolu­ Carlos B. Gil is Associate Professor in isted in 1786, immediately prior to the im­ natural in the United States. with special empha­ political aspects of agriculture, including tion initiated, controlled, and consum­ the Department of History, University of position of the intendency system Great sis on the political aspects of mutualist or­ agricultural extension. cooperatives and mated by bourgeois leadership. Washington. He received his Ph .D. from attention is given in the text to changing ganizations and their concern with diverse marketing, farmer movements, agricultural This book is divided into fou r UC LA. In researching this book, he re­ political boundaries during the three cen­ resources problems of the Mexican-American peo­ policymaking, and the impact of govern­ sections. Th e Pro logue ori ents the reader sided in Mascola, Jal isco, from 1973 to turies of Spanish rule, enabling the user of ple in society. The analysis focuses on cul­ mental programs on the region 's agricul­ to the chaoti c politi cal landscape of the 197 4, wi th follow-up visits in 1975 and · this work to determine which admin istra­ iournal tural, historical , and social conditions that ture. Revolution. Part I analyzes Yucatan's polit­ 1976. He se rved in the U S Fo reign Serv­ tive body any particul ar area pertained to. helped to shape that political role. The first • Migrants and Stay-at-Homes · A Com­ ical economy and social structure during ice in Teg ucigalpa, Honduras, and in Throughout the text demographic data are three chapters examine the Penitentes of parative Study of Rural Migration from the old regime. Part II discusses the tem­ Temuco, Chile, from 1963 to 1968. Gil is summarized in convenient form in tables. New Mexico and the place of the Alianza Michoacan, Mexico. By Ina R. Dinerman. porary successes and ultimate failure of editor of The Age of Porfirio Diaz. Selected Detai led footnotes and notes on sources Hispano Americana in the Chicano labor (Monograph Series, No. 5, Center fo r General Salvador Alvarado's attempt to Readings. in the text provide the reader wi th excel­ and civil rights movements. The next two U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego, b ri ng social change to Yucatan from the lent information on the documentary and chapters discuss the proliferation of mu­ 0-060, UCSD. La Jolla, CA 92093, 1982. outside via bourgeois revolution (1915- published material for the region. tual aid societies and various attempts to Pp . 121 Paper $6,00) . This monograph 1920). Part Ill treats the frustration of The North Fron tier follows th is same organize and integrate them. Chapter VI documents and explains the evolution of Governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto's socialist topical treatment fo r the gobiern os and summarizes principles and ideals of sharply contrasting patterns of emigration revolution from wi thin the peninsul a thei r subdivisions, the alcaldfas mayores. Chicano mutualism while Chapter VII is a • Symposium on Anticipating Transboun­ from two rural communities located in the (1920-1924), which is regarded by many Included are the gobiernos of Nueva case study of the Sociedad Progresista dary Resource Needs and Issues in the Lake Patzcuaro area of the state of as the first serious Marxist revol ution in the Gal icia, Nueva Vizcaya, Sinaloa y Sonora, Mexicana, an important mutual aid and US. -Mexico Border Region to the Year Michoacan. Migration to the United States Americas. The Epilogue carries Yucatan's Baja California, Alta California, Nuevo benefit society in California. In the last 2000 (a special issue of the Natural Re­ as well as to urban destinations within revolutionary experience past 1924, giv­ Mexico, Coahuila, Texas, Nuevo Le6n, chapter, the author, who is a member of sources Journal, vol . 22 , No. 4, October Mexico is covered by the study. Special ing special attention to the contemporary and Nuevo Santander. The large number the Department of Chicano Studies at Cali­ 1982. Pp 729-1179. Paper $6.00. Copies attention is devoted to explaining the be­ legacy of the massive agrarian reform that of graphs and tables in this vo lume are fornia State University, Northridge, sum­ may be ordered from National Resources havior of the "stayers" in the research came to mark the Revolution's second particularly valuable and condense and marizes the work and presents his con­ Journal, School of Law. The Uni versity of communities- i e , persons who have not phase under the national leadership of display a great deal of demographic in ­ clusions. New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 ). participated in migratory movements. The President Lazaro Cardenas (1934-1940). formation in a useful fashion. This work contains the papers prepared author uses the household as her primary Gerhard's historical geography of for two conferences on the topic "Antici­ unit of analysis, based on interviews with New Spain for the three centuries of pating Transboundary Resource Needs 72 households in the research communi­ Spanish domination is a work of great im­ and Issues on the U.S.-Mexican Border ties. In examining the causes of migration portance. It provides the basic framework Region in the year 2000," held at South from these communities, she emphasizes for any serious regional stu dy of Mexico. It Padre Island, Texas, April 23-24, 1981 , that the decision to migrate is made by the is a re ference work that the researcher and at Oueretaro, Mexico, January 28-29, household rather than by the individual. LIFE concerned with the historical and spatial IN • The North Frontier of New Spain. By 1982. More than thirty distinguished Mexi­ She develops a profile of the most dimensions of Mexico will use again and PROVINCIAL Peter Gerhard (Pri nceton Princeton Uni­ can and U.S. participants attended these migration-prone household, and shows again. MEXICO versity Press, 1982. Pp. 454. Cloth conferences and presented the essays how that type of household structure $60. 00). The Southeast Frontier of New that appear in this volume. The presenta­ favors migration by creating demands for NATIONAL f!:t. REGIO AL HISTORY Spain. By Peter Gerhard (Princeton • Mexican Politics. The Containment of tions deal primarily with the Rio Grande more and better housing , which in turn re­ Sl!EN FROM MASCOTA. JALISCO Princeton University Press, 1979, Pp. 213. Conflict. By Martin C. Needler (New York basin, but also discuss some issues relat­ quires more income, that can only be 1861-1m earned through further migration . This Cloth $20.00). Th ese two volumes, along Praeger Pu blishers, 1982. Pp. 157. Cloth ing to the Colorado basin as well as work casts new light on the processes and CARLOS B. Gil. with the earlier A Guide to the Historical $23 95; paper $12.95). This timely book groundwater problems in the border reg­ Geography of New Spain (Cambridge, by the University of New Mexico's Martin ion . The major sections in this special pressures that lead to emigration from 1979) complete Peter Gerhard's monu­ Needler is an interpretive view based on issue are rural Mexican communities, and on the mental historical geography of New Spain. the premise that "Mexico presents the • Human Growth and Settlements in the social and economic consequences of The enti re work constitutes a guide de­ paradox of a country that has been exten­ Border Area. El Paso to Matamoros labor migration to the United States for signed to help scholars who seek detailed sive ly studied but which is little under­ • Economic Growth Patterns in the Border Mexican sending communities. information about the many diverse re­ stood." An introductory chapter sketches Area • Issues in US.-Mexican Agricultural Re­ gions of colonial Mexico and its outlying the major in terpretations by commentators • Surface Water Quality • Southwestern Agriculture. Pre­ lations. By Merilee S. Grindle (Mono­ • Life in Provincial Mexico.· National and provinces. on the contemporary Mexican scene. The • Groundwater and Geothermal Re­ Columbian to Modern. Edited by Henry C. graph Series, No. 8, Center for U.S.­ Regional History Seen From Mascola, Th e Southeast Frontier includes the next fou r chapters exami ne the histori cal sources Dethloff and Irvin M. May, Jr. (College Mexican Studies, UC San Diego, 0-060, Jalisco, 1867-1972. By Carlos B. Gil (Los penin su la of Yucatan and the provinces of background and the geographical and • Groundwater Management Future Station Texas A & M Press, 1982. Pp . 307. La Jolla, CA 92093, 1983. Pp. 67. Paper Angeles UCLA Lati n American Center Tabasco, Lag una de Terminos, Chiapa, social contexts in which the political Prospects and Needs Cloth $2375) These essays, based on $6.00.) This monograph, which summa­ Pu blications, 1983. Pp. 238. Cloth and Soconusco, an area roughly coter­ sphere fu nctions. The author, in the next • Institutional and Planning Opportunities the 1980 Agricultural History Symposium rizes and updates the findings of a $20 00). Based almost entirely upon local minous with what is today easternmost fo ur chapters, turns to a topical analys is of and Alternatives held at Texas A & M University, examine binational consultation on linkages be­ documents and interviews, this work Mexico. An introductory chapter provides the major featu res of the contemporary • U.S .-Mexico Experience in Managing many aspects of agricultural development tween the agricultural sectors of Mexico presents a microhistorical perspective of an overview of the geography, the poli tical scene in Mexico The Nature of the Politi­ Transboundary Air Resources. in the southwestern states of New Mexico, and the U.S. held at UCSD in February Mexican history during an exciti ng an d structu res and lingui stic patterns at first cal System; the Structure of Government; In addition, Albert E. Utton, of the Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas. The book 1981 , provides the most comprehensive c ru cial peri od. The years 1867-1972 wi t­ Eu ropean contact, Conquest, the Economy and Economic Pol icy; and University of New Mexico, provides an views the implications of agricultural his­ analysis available in English of the major nessed the Porfiriato, the Revolution, the encomienda, govern ment, church, popu­ Foreign Policy. A conclusion notes that the overview of the presentation and includes tory on a reg ional basis from the perspec­ shifts in Mexican agricultural and rural de­ Cardenas era, and a period of "massive lation and settlements, and historical most in structive analogies to the Mexican a summary of the conclusion and policy tives of historians, agricultural scientists velopment policy that occurred during the violent action against the government" in sou rces for the entire region. Chapters case are in Eastern Europe. recommendations arrived at by the partic­ and administrators, anthropologists, and Echeverria and Lopez Portillo administra­ the late '60s and earl y '70s. The relative then fo ll ow that discuss these topics in ipants for the topics of water and air qual­ agribusiness representatives . The papers tions. It devotes special attention to the impact of these and other events upon the great detai l for each of the major territorial ity include Henry J. Shafer's study of prehis- Sistema Alimentario Mexicano (SAM) that 8 9 was lau nched in March 1980, and as­ terms reached $57.4 billion in 1982.) U.S.-Mex1can relations. Manuel Garcia y phy includes a list of 1ournals magazines. eludes that the impetus for lasting struc­ sesses the results of that strategy for deal­ Samuel Schmidt, formerly a Fulbright Griego analyzes the topic of the Select and newspapers cited and an author in­ tural cl1ange must come from outside the ing with the crisis of production in post-doctoral fellow in history at UCLA, is Commission on Refugee and Immigration dex. The 694 items listed in this work con­ state. Mexico's small farm sector, using the most STATISTICAL a professor of political science at UNAM. Policy. the Reagan administration. and stitute a valuable resource for scholars in­ • Mexican Government and Industrial De­ recent data available. Related issues of Stephen Haber's "Modernization U.S policy on undocumented workers. Fi­ terested 1n Mexico and a useful comple­ velopment in the Early Republic. The agricultural trade and the participation of and Change in Mexican Communities, nally. Alicia Puyana treats the proposals ment to the Hispanic American Periodicals ABSTRACT for t11e formation of a North American Banco de Avio. By Robert A. Potash Mexican labor in the U.S agricultural sec­ 1930-1970" develops measures to exam­ Index and Borderline. the computerized (Amherst Un1vers1ty of Massachusetts tor are also explored. The author, a spe­ ine life in 103 villages and towns in all reg­ common market and their implications for borderlands bibl1ograph1c consortium Press. 1983. Pp. 251 Cloth $27 50) This cialist on Mexican agricultural policy OF ions of Mexico. His Social Modernization Mexico. housed at UCLA work 1s a translated reed1t1on of a volume based at Harvard's Institute for Interna­ Index 1s based upon but not identical to • Ensayos sobre historia de la educaci6n t11at appeared initially in 1959 as El Banco tional Development, draws upon the pa­ Wilkie's Poverty Index that measured • Mexico frente a Estados Unidos. un LATIN en Mexico. By Josefina Zoraida de Avio de Mexico. el fomento de la pers and oral commentaries presented at change at the state level by decade from ensayo hist6rico, 1776-1980. By Josefina Vazquez, Dorothy Tanck de Estrada, industria 1821-1846. Tills new edition in­ the 1981 consultation by more than forty­ 1910 to 1970. Haber concludes that for Zoraida Vazquez and Lorenzo Meyer AMERICA (Mexico D. F. El Colegio de Mexico. Anne Staples, and Francisco Arce corporates the results of recent research five leading scholars, public officials, pri­ the better or for the worse, almost every 1n the body of the text and also offers a vate agribusinessmen, labor leaders, and community 1n Mexico, no matter how re­ 1982. Pp. 235. Paper) Tl1e aim of this Gurza (Mexico D. F. El Coleg10 de Mexico. 1981 Pp 234. Paper) The four postscript in the form of a lllstoriograph1- representatives of international develop­ volume22 mote, has been affected by the moderni­ book 1s to offer a general and up-to-date ment institutions. She also addresses the zation process; that it is not entirely accu­ view of the complex historical process of essays that comprise this volume are cal essay that examines writings that /1ave JAMES W. WILKIE the relations between Mexico and the products of the Seminario de Historia de la appeared since 1960 on the economic implications of differing theoretical and Editor rate to speak of an urban-rural dichotomy United States from the Mexican point of Educac1on of COL MEX and treat selected history of that period In this study. Potasl1 methodological approaches and sug­ STEPHEN HABER in terms of modernization; and that the de­ Co-Editor view. This new perspective is necessciry aspects of education over the course of analyzes the role of tl1e Banco de Avlo 1n gests a future-oriented agenda for further velopment of a social gap between rural Mexico and the rest of the nation probably since. according to the authors. "U.S Mexican history. Josefina Z. Vazquez lending money to the Mexican textile in­ research on Mexican agricultural devel­ American Center Publications, 1982. Pp. will not continue. This study is a continua­ American authors do not seem to under­ presents a study of Spanish Renaissance dustry and other businesses during its opment issues. 712. Cloth $75 00) Th is vo lume contains tion of Haber's previous study "Mexican stand the level of Mexican resentment and thought and its relation to the origins of twelve-year regime (1830-1842) and de­ much statistical data on Mexico in many of mistrust in relations with the United States formal education 1n New Spain while scribes Lucas Alaman s contributions to • Trade Aspects of the Internationalization the work's 763 tables; and it includes three Community Studies in a Historical Framework, 1930-1970," Statistical Ab­ produced by the fact that Mexico lost half Dorothy Tanck de Estrada writes about the its formation The author concludes that of Mexican Agriculture: Consequences for important articles. of its territory ... stract of Latin America 21, pp. 567-576. changes that were taking place in educa­ the bank did have a significant effect on Mexico's Food Crisis. By Steven E. James Wilkie's "Mexico's 'New' Fi­ Haber is currently a Fulbright fellow from This book contains two parts The first. tion over the second half of the eighteenth the development of Mexico's textile in­ Sanderson. (Monograph Series, No. 10, nancial Crisis of 1982 in Historical Per­ written by Josefina Z. Vazquez. covers the century. Anne Staples offers an overview dustry. The larger task of this study was to Center fo r U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San spective" opens the volume by tracing the UCLA studying the history of Mexico's in­ dustrialization process colonial background and tl1e course of the of Mexican education during the first sev­ find out. on the basis of archival researc/1 Diego, 0-060, La Jolla, CA 92093, 1983. devaluation of 1982 back to 1970 when bilateral relations throughout t11e course of eral decades of the new republic. a period why and how a newly 1ndeoendent state Pp. 92. Paper $7.00). Utilizing the con­ President Luis Echeverria (1970-1976) the nineteenth century. The second part characterized by a surprising cont1nu1ty of made the economic choices 1t did. As a cepts of "internationalization of capital" changed Mexico's development policy was authored by Lorenzo Meyer and educational goals a11d methods from the result this book has relevance to anyone and "the new international division of la­ from that of "stabilized economic growth" covers the period from the last years of late colonial period. Finally Francisco interested 1n the problems of underde­ bor," the author offers interpretation on the to that of "shared economic growth." Un­ Porfirio Dfaz down to 1980. Arce Gurza. discusses the development velopment. character of recent agricultural growth in fortunately for Mexico, the latter policy re­ MEXICO of educational policy and educational Mexico. The internationalization of sulted in "destabilized economic growth" EST ADOS • Relaciones Mexico-Estados Unidos. achievements 1n t11e decade prior to 1934 Mexican agriculture is related to the histor­ and the suffering of the country's popula­ b1bliograffa anual, julio 1980-;unio 1981, ical development of the U.S. and Mexican tion owing to levels of inflation unheard of J}NIDO$ volumen I. By Marie Claire Fischer de economies. The author argues that the since the violent 191 Os. Going beyond Figueroa, comp (Mexico D. F. El COLMEX books may be ordered expansion of U S agricultural exports to analysis of the public and private debt of Colegio de Mexico. 1982. Pp . 111 Paper) . from Publ1cac1ones. El Coleg10 de Mexico si nce the 1950s is "not simply a Mexico, Wilkie measures gigantic in ­ This work initiates a new bibliographic se­ Mexico. Camino al A1usco 20. 14 740 trade phenomenon brought about by the crease in money supply begun by ries on Mexico-United States relations by Mexico. DF. Mexico. (905) 568-2922. competitiveness and productivity of the Echeverria and continued by his former the Programa Mex1co-Estados Unidos of U.S. farmer." He also claims that recent in ­ Treasury Minister Jose Lopez Portillo El Coleg10 de Mexico s Centro de Estud1os terventions by the Mexican state have ac­ (President of Mexico, 1976-1982). Wilkie lnternac1onales . Scheduled to appear on The Limits of State Autonomy Post­ celerated the reorgan ization of U.S.­ argues that within the lore of "Permanent an annual basis. this volume includes Revolutionary Mexico. By Nora Hamilton Mexican agriculture along more interna­ Revolution," the crises of 1976 and 1982 items that appeared during the period July (Princeton Princeton University Press. tionally integrated lines, with negative so­ were necessary to justify the continued 1980 t11rough June 1981 The material 1s 1982. Pp. 391 . Cloth $36.00 paper $8 95) cial and economic consequences for the rule of the country's official party. Wilkie arranged topically 1n t11e following general The poss1b1l1t1es and l1m1ts of reform 1n a most impoverished Mexican peasant concludes that the unstated ethic of the categories General Relations: Political Re­ capitalist society are explored in this study farmers. Party of Institutionalized Revolution can be lations Economic Relations Energy Rela­ of Mexico that focuses on the adm1nistra­ This monograph also includes a summed up in the slogan tions: Border Relations Migratory t1on of Lazaro Cardenas ( 1934-1940) The wealth of statistical data, summarized in From each president of Mexico ac­ • Mexico-Estados Unidos, 1982. By Workers: Mexican Americans: and U S. author 1s concerned with the change 1n the 18 tables covering the period from 1940- cording to his need to create crises; Lorenzo Meyer, comp. (Mexico. D. F. El Views of Mexico. Each general category Mexican state from Cardenas original or1- 1980 and dealing with the performance of To each president of Mexico accord­ Colegio de Mexico, 1982. Pp. 164. Paper) contains a number of sub-sections. For entat1on toward goals of social welfare the Mexican agricultural sector, agricul­ ing to his ability to "resolve" them. This book, a product of the Program on example. Border Relations includes and nat1onal1sm 1n the 1930s to the tural imports, exports, domestic food con­ Samuel Schmidt's article "Las U.S Studies at El Colegio de Mexico, con­ Overview: Soc1oeconom1c and Cultural Mexican states present-day defense of a sum ption, and public investment in agri­ Distintas Caras de la Deuda Publica tains five essays which examine themes Aspects: Boundary Limits and Lands dependent capitalism that involves control culture. The author is a political scientist Mexicana, 1970-1976" tests in many dif­ that occupy a central position in current Border Economic Transactions: Economic of subordinate groups Ut1liz1ng Marxist • Evoluci6n de la frontera norte. By based at the University of Florida­ ferent ways the size and importance of the Mexican-U.S. relations. Sergio Aguayo Development and Maqu1ladoras and tl1eory and drawing upon theoretical ap­ Romeo S. Flores Caballero (Monterrey. Gainesville, whose previous publications debt. He finds that although the debt had examines the influence of the U.S.'s new Conflicts 1n the Border Zone proaches to the issue of state authonomy. Centro de lnvest1gac1ones Econom1cas. include Agrarian Populism and the grown substantia ll y up to 1976, it did not right on the formulation of U.S. foreign Types of material indexed are book Hamilton shows that reform efforts were Univers1dad Autonomo de Nuevo Leon. Mexican State. The Struggle for Land in yet constitute a danger to the country's policy while Gustavo Vega Canovas and cl1apters of books. articles appearing ultimately limited by the intervention of the 1982. Pp . 227 . Cloth $9 00) This historical Sonora (UC Press, 1981 ). economic well-being. (In constant prices, writes about the obstacles that have ap­ 1n popular and scholarly periodicals as threatened dominant class. by linkages survey of Mexico s northern frontier covers Mexico's public and private debt over 90 peared in the U S market for Mexican im­ well as signed newspaper articles. and between certain state factions and domi­ the period from the first exploratory expe­ • Statistical Abstract of Latin America, days in term increased from $12.1 billion ports. Rene Herrera Zuniga discusses various documents (theses. working pa­ nant class interests. and by inherent con­ d1t1ons of the sixteenth century through the Vol. 22. Edited by James W. Wilkie and in 1970 to $30.5 in 1976; the great crisis of Mexico's changing foreign policy and pers conference papers and some U.S trad1ct1ons of t11e alliance between the Lopez Portillo presidency. It 1s an updated Stephen Haber (Los Angeles UCLA Latin 1982 did not come until the amount in real particularly the role of Central America in government documents) Tills b1bliogra- state and subordinate classes. She con- and revised version of Flores Caballeros 10 11

La frontera entre Mexico y Es/ados t1on. Since new manuscripts are not read­ throughout the United States and Me xico. Harley Shaiken (Program in Science, Unidos, originally published in 1976. The Universitywide News ily available for acquisition , the main col­ Featured presentations were "The Technology, and Society, MIT) presented first four chapters present an overview of lecting emphasis is on printed materials. Mexican Economy What Lies Ahead," by materials from his current research on the historical development of this region UCI Research on Border Industrialization The microfilming program has continued Gerardo Bueno of El Coleg10 de Mexico technological development and the im­ while Chapter 5 analyzes the international under Hart's directorship, even expanding and Clark Reynolds of Stanford Univer­ pact of robotization on production John problems caused by changes of course of to include archives in Baja California Sur. sity; "Agriculture for Food and Trade," by Friedmann (Urban Planning , UCLA) ana­ A research project funded by the Ethnic locating there. If, for example, a majority of the Rio Grande, particularly at El The Bancroft Library is currently a member Cassio Luiselli, former national coordina­ Studies Fund and the UCI Academic the industrial processes are in the later lyzed the growing redundancy of workers Chamizal, and by the salinity of the Colo­ of a consortium for filming twentieth­ tor of Mexico's Sistema Alimentario (SAM) Senate is being directed by Luis phases of their respective life cycles, their in advanced industrial countries. He rado River. Chapter 6 studies Mexican pol­ century British Foreign Office Mexican and David Mares of UCSD; "Tensions and Suarez-Villa of the Program in Social potential impact may be quite limited called attention to the dwindling options icy toward migratory workers going to the files. These records are now available Turmoil in Central America Conse­ Ecology. The project will develop the con­ since they may choose to move to lower available to displaced workers who are United States and Chapter 7 discusses through 1949. quences for Mexico and U.S .-Mexican Re­ cept of manufacturing production cycles cost zones in the shorter term. If, on the bereft of a legitimate position in this evolv­ the principal characteristics and issues of Manuscripts and microfilm of manu­ lations," by David Ay6n of UCSD and to analyze the rapid industrialization of other hand , a significant number of indus­ ing society. the region today, concluding with a dis­ scripts in the Bancroft Library relating to Carlos Rico of CIDE ; "Mexico's Economic Mexico's border region. Mexico's Border tries operate with production processes Another urban studies special 1st at cussion of Miguel de la Madrid's border Mexico range from the fifteenth into the Crisis and the New U.S . Immigration Law Industrialization Program now comprises that are still in the earlier or middle stages UCLA, Rebecca Morales, discussed find­ policy. Flores Caballero is a historian by twentieth century. They cover all regions How Will They Affect Illegal Immigration ings from her recent field studies on a over 620 industrial plants and 135,000 of their life cycle, their regional employ­ profession and currently serves as Secre­ of the country and topics ranging from from Mexico?" by Wayne Cornelius and little-known aspect of immigrant labor in workers and is one of the fastest growing ment and economic impact may be more tary of Public Education for the state of church history to politics to agriculture A Leo R. Chavez of UCSD; and "Political the United States - the involvement of export production zones in the world . permanent since they will be less likely to Nuevo Leon. Guide to Manuscript Collections of the Consequences of Economic Crisis 1n Mexican workers in the U.S. auto industry. Although it considers factor and move in the shorter term. Temporal data Copies of this book may be pur­ Bancroft Library, volume II , edited by Mexico," by Barry Carr of La Trobe Uni­ Alain de Janvry (Agricultural Economics, product market conditions, the concept for United States regions and Mexican chased for $9 .00 plus$. 75 per volume for George P Hammond (Berkeley and Los versity, Australia, and Lorenzo Meyer of of manufacturing production cycle fo­ border industry characteristics will be ana­ UCB) spoke about the need for research postage and handling from The Latin Angeles University of California Press, El Coleg10 de Mexico. Organizer and cuses on the corporate un it and its internal lyzed to arrive at empirical results and aimed at a more precise understanding of American Area Center, University of Ari­ 1972) is an excellent source of information moderator of the briefing session was decision-making dynamic as the major conclusions. wage formation in fragmented labor zona, Social Sciences Building 216, Tuc­ lo this collection. Donald L. Wyman, Director of Public Af­ markets. actor influencing industry shifts and relo­ A preliminary presentation on this son , AZ 85721 The book collection is very strong in fairs in UCSD's Center for U.S.-Mex1can cations. The concept assumes that manu­ proiect was given at the Second Confer­ Marianne Schmink (Latin American eighteenth- through twentieth-century Studies. Studies, University of Florida-Gainesville) facturing corporate strategy varies dra­ ence on Regional Impacts of U.S.-Mexico • Mexico's Political Economy Challenges publications There is a vigorous current The journalists' briefing session was sketched a theoretical framework for matically over the production or life cycle Economic Relations , held in Tucson , May at Home and Abroad. Edited by Jorge E. acquisitions program for contemporary held in conjunction with an Executive explaining the role of the household in span of a firm. 25-27. A more detailed presentation on Dominguez (Beverly Hills, California publications as well as for retrospective Workshop on "Mexico's Economic Stabili­ contemporary production Brigida Garcia In terms of Mexico's border industrial­ the concept and research results will be Sage Publications, 1982. Pp. 239. Cloth items. Maps and periodicals are collected zation Challenges and Opportunities " (El Coleg10 de Mexico) and Patricia ization , the concept of manufacturing pro­ made at the 30th North American Meet­ $22 00; paper $10.95). This collection of regularly and in recent years , pictorial rep­ The 53 invited participants in the work­ Pessar (Latin American and Caribbean duction cycles may prove to be valuable ings of the Reg ional Science Association , essays studies the implications of resentations and sound recordings have shop included Mexican and U.S. private in determining the regional development to be held in Chicago, in November 1983. Studies, New York University) reviewed Mexico's internal affairs for its international been added. The newspaper collection economists, bank officers, officers of other potential of the various industries now case materials on this subject gathered in relations. Because the book is also a study ends with 1905. the date of the sale of the U S. corporations and Mexican state­ their research in Mexico, the Dominican of internal Mexican affairs , the authors Bancroft Library to the University of Cali­ owned enterprises, present and former Republic, and Brazil. Mary Castro (Latin deal at length with aspects of the impres­ fornia. The Newspaper Room of UC Berke­ public officials, and leading academic American Studies, Un iversity of Florida­ sive changes that have occurred within Mexicana In The Bancroft Library ley's General Library has responsibility for economists from both countries. Gainesville) addressed cultural and politi­ Mexico in decades past that have interna­ Mexican newspapers from 1906 to the A volume of papers prepared for the cal dimensions of the migration of tional implications. The essay by present. workshop, supplemented by a digest of Hispanic women to New York. The Bancroft Library, a branch of the UC were documents primarily used in his own Dominguez, " International Reverberations The Library is located on the east side the discussions and conclusions reached Helen Safa (Latin American Studies, Berkeley Library, has a rich collection of research and writings, yet are valuable of a Dynamic Political Economy," deals of the Main Library building in the center of by the participants, will be published by University of Florida-Gainesville) dis­ Mexicana begun by Hubert Howe supplements to Bancroft's collection . with these concerns in a general way. the Berkeley campus. The regular hours of the Center. cussed her continuing research on issues Bancroft (1832-1918) and continued by its The foresight of former Director David R. Mares, 1n the chapter entitled service when classes are in session are Finally, a panel on "Economic Crisis of race and gender among Puerto Rican directors and staff during the succeeding George P. Hammond is responsible for "Agricultural Trade Domestic Interests " Monday through Friday, 9 00 a.m . to 5 00 and Stabilization in Mexico Implications garment workers in the United States. eight decades. the microfilm collection which has contin­ and Transitional Relations," examines the p.m.; and Saturday, 1 00 p.m to 5 00 p.m. for the Mexican Political System and Patricia Morales (Centro de Estudios Bancroft began his collection of man­ ued and expanded the work started by winter vegetable trade between Mexico I Materials may be used only 1n the Heller U.S.-Mex1can Relations ," will be convened Econ6micos y Sociales del Tercer Mundo, uscripts, books, pamphlets, maps, period­ Bolton. Hammond's aim was to microfilm •' and the United States and analyzes inter­ Reading Room of the Library. For more in­ in Mexico City as part of the XI Interna­ Mexico City) contributed a structural in ­ icals, and newspapers as research mate­ manuscripts which were in foreign ar­ national and domestic politics and their formation on the Bancroft Library, contact tional Congress of the Latin American terpretation of Mexican undocumented rial for his proposed encyclopedia of the chives and libraries and therefore not points of contact on both sides of the bor­ Reference Department, Bancroft Library, Studies Association (LASA) , September migration to the United States and its im­ Pacific Coast. He used these sources for readily available to American scholars and der. " International Implications of Labor UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 (415) 29-0ctober 1, 1983. The panel has been plications for future forms of production his works The Native Races, History of students. Change The Automobile Industry" by 642-6481 organized by UCSD's Wayne Cornelius. Clara Jusidman de Bialostowski Central America, History of Mexico, Whereas Bolton was interested Kevin I. Middlebrook discusses the rapid (Centro de lnvestigac16n Sobre Desarrollo Northern Mexican States and Texas , and primarily in the exploration and develop­ growth of the Me xican automobile manu­ Rural, Mexico City) outlined recent History of California . Many of the printed ment of the American Southwest, Ham­ UCSDCenter facturing industry in the 1960s and 1970s, UCSD Workshop in Mexican government policies on employ­ items in the collection are now unique and mond was interested in all of Mexico. For the rise of the independent labor move­ Analyzes Mexico's ment, and stressed the limitations of are utilized by scholars and students of example, he acquired through negotia­ Capital, Labor ment in the industry, and the implications planning which fall to consider adequately Mexican history from all over the world. tions by James W. Wilkie the important Economic Crisis Mobility of these developments. "Petroleum and the role that women play in labor markets. The Archives of California constitute a val­ Cristero archives relating to the rel igious Political Change" by Edward J. Williams Rodolfo Stavenhagen (El Colegio de uable part of the collection . They contain war 1n Mexico, 1926-1929. The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at An international group of 80 scholars and explores the ramifications on the Mexican Mexico) extended the workshop's dis­ extracts made by Bancroft's workers of Hammond saw also the value of doc­ UCSD has organized a series of act1v1ties non-academic specialists met at UCSD on polity of new dynamic created by the cussion of issues of gender, ethnicity, and original Spanish California documents that uments in the British Foreign Office and focusing on Mexico's current economic March 16-17, 1983, to participate in a oil funds. race in the context of a critique of current were destroyed in the fire of 1906. U.S. Department of State files and began crisis and attempts to achieve economic workshop on "Women and Men 1n Con­ theories of development. Under the directorship of Herbert microfilming programs in those reposito­ stabilization. temporary Production Capital Mobility Lourdes Beneria (Economics, Correction ... Eugene Bolton , the Me xican collection ries . He and his staff also continued to ac­ The first of these events, held on June and Labor Migration," hosted by UCSD's Rutgers University) and Mario Magulis (El The correct telephone number for the was augmented by the same classes of quire manuscripts, when available, as well 3, 1983, was the Center's Third Annual Center for U S.-Mexican Studies. Although Colegio de Mexico) spoke about the re­ Border Affairs Office at the U S Em­ materials as well as by photographic and as books, periodicals, and newspapers. Briefing Session for Professional Jour­ the workshop's emphasis was global, the gional and international significance of bassy in Mexico City is (905) 553- typed-transcript copies of manuscripts Current Director James D. Hart and nalists. It attracted more than fifty re­ relationship between Mexico and the maquiladoras, world-market factories, and 33-33, ext. 3087. from Mexican, Spanish, Italian , and other his staff are continuing the work of former porters and editors from newspapers, ra­ United States served as a primary case for export processing zones. Louis European archives and libraries. These directors in building the Mexicana collec- dio, and television news organizations analysis. 12 13 Goodman (Woodrow Wilson International UCLA Mexican Arts UCLA Symposium ministration and currently advi ses the the Simpson-Mazzoli bi ll and explained Mexican immigration . He cited the need Center for Scholars) analyzed the Miguel de la Madrid government on th e legislative schedule in th e U.S. Con­ for improved en forcement of fair labor decision-making patterns of multinational Symposium Highlights Border border-related issues. gress leading to its projected passage in standards and for the elimination of incen­ corporations, and June Nash (Anthropol­ Issues The closing panel addressed the late 1983. The poten tial consequences of tives for employers to hi re undocumented ogy, City University of New York) com­ The Mexican Arts Symposium (MAS ), a issue of immigrati on, specifically the the bill and related implementation prob­ workers . pleted the discussion on the interna­ month-long program of scholarly and per­ " United States-Mexico Borderl ands Is­ Simpson-Mazzol i bill . Leobardo Estrada lems were discussed Leonel Castillo, who formance activities, was held at UCLA be­ tionalization of capital with findings from sues" was the theme of the fifth annual (Urban Planning, UCLA) introduced the called upon local c ivi c and church leaders tween Apri l 26 and May 26. MAS was an ethnographic study of a well-known Stu dent Association fo r Latin American panelists John Huerta of the to prepare now to inform immigrants of the sponsore d by the UCLA College of Fine conglomerate. Studies (SALAS) conference, held on Fri­ Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund; bill 's legalization requirements. De l Olmo Arts, the Chicano Studies Research Cen­ Funds for the workshop were pro­ day, May 13, 1983, on th e UCLA campus. Leonel Castillo, former Director of INS; ag reed the bill will pass but predicted its ter, and the Campus Programs Committee vided by the Center for U.S.-Mexican Organized entirely by the student group, Frank Del Olmo, editorial writer and col­ ultimate failure based on its inability to of the Prog rams Activities Board. It was Studies at UCSD, the Tinker Foundation , the program featured panel discussions umnist, Los Angeles Times, and Leo successfully coordinate the dual provi­ organized by th e MAS Student Committee and the Fo rd Foundation 's Mexico City of­ on education and culture, industri alization, Chavez, Coordinator of Field Research at sions of legalization and employer sanc­ fice. A summary of the workshop discus­ which was composed of Chicano gradu­ and immigration. The members of the Or­ the Center for U. S.-Mexican Studies, tions. In summary comments, Chavez ex­ ate students in the College of Fine Arts. sions will be published by the Center. ganizing Committee were Bonnie UCSD. Huerta reviewed the provisions of amined the social issues related to The symposium featured dance, music, Glass-Coffin, Vera Santos, and Lisa and film in re lation to the Mexican/ Stafford. Chicano experience in the arts. Sympo­ Th e fi rst panel, "Education and Cul­ sium activities involved scholars from UCSB Panels tu re," included Reynaldo Macias (Cur­ Mexico and the United States as well as ricul um and Instructional Development, Analyze Mexico accomplished artists in dance, music, and Mexico Programs at UCLA USC ), fi lmmaker Jose Luis Sedano, an d fil m. The various events were held at dif­ Stanley Robe (Spanish, UCLA) Macias UCLA and Mexico. Mexico-Related Re­ partment, 1s Executive Director of the Cen­ The Centennial House at UCSB was the ferent locations on the UCLA campus and Coordinator' s offi ce publishes the UC discussed the present and futu re lan­ sources, Programs, and Research is the ter. site on May 20 of two panels that treated throughout Los Angeles. MEX US NEWS. the topic "Mexico in Crisis Social, Eco­ guage diversity and attendant educational title of a new publication by UCLA's Pro­ By 1969, the Chicano Studies Re­ Mexico-related research at UCLA is nomic, and Political Problems." Glenn needs of the borderlands reg ion and gram on Mexico. The work, edited by Paul search Center (CSRC ) was established to undertaken across the campus through Mills (Emeritus, Speech) was the modera­ pointed out the need for a comparative Ganster and funded by UC MEX US, doc­ contribute to Mexican studies through a individual and coll aborative projects in the tor of the panels and Lie. Javier Escobar UCLA's Aztec study of the languages used in the region uments UCLA's long standing commit­ broad range of activities in the social sci­ various programs and departments The y C6rdoba, Consul General of Mexico in in order to assess the linguistic needs of ment to Mexico-related studies. ences, humanities, and the arts . Its pri ­ United States-Mexico Borderlands Re­ Los Angeles, was the guest of honor. Tertulia the population . Sedano focused on the For nearly fifty years UCLA has dem­ mary mission is interdiscip li nary academic search Program constitutes one of the This event was sponsored by BEEP growing number of fil ms incorporating onstrated an active and expanding inter­ re search re lated to the Mexican experi­ most significant Mexico-oriented researc h (Business Economics Exchange Program) UCLA's Aztec Tertulia convened fo r its last "Latin" themes and images and the po­ est in Mexico an d Mexico-related studies. ence in the United States. CSRC pro­ projects ever undertaken on a un iversity and organized by UCSB's John meeting of the 1982-1983 academic year tenti al ro le of the media in expanding ou r By the 1930s faculty members in various grams include research, publications, and campus. A Joint ven ture of the UCLA Latin Pippenger (Economics), Chair of the UC on May 25. Guest speaker was Cecelia vi ew of conditions in the borderlands. departments at UCLA, notably John resou rce development. There is also an American Center and the CSRC, the wide­ MEX US Executive Committee. BEEP was Klein (Art History, UCLA); her talk was en­ Robe served as commentator. Caughey and Roland D. Hussey in His­ academic program that includes a ranging project, launched early in 1981 in itiated in 1981 to provide academic train­ titled "The Shape of the Mesoamerican Rebeca Morales (Urban Planning, to ry, Manuel Pedro Gonzalez an d John postdoctoral and g raduate fellowship fo ll owing an intern ational review and ing, a bac kground in international eco­ Cosmos A New Model". UCLA) introduced the second panel, " Im­ Crow in Spanish, Russell Fitzgibbon in program as well as an undergraduate plann ing conference, is expected to ex­ nomics, and to promote rese arch on The Te rtulia was in itiated in the fall of pact of Industry upon the Borderlands." Political Science, and George M. McBride maior and graduate curriculum. Professor tend through the present decade. The re­ topics of mutual interest between the 1979 and is under the direction of H. B. The first paper, by Saskia Sassen-Koob in Geography, had begun to incorporate a of History Juan G6mez-Quiiiones is search involves the participation of Universidad Aut6noma de Nuevo Le6n Nicholson (Anth ropology, UCLA). Wayne (Visiting Professor, Urban Planning, good deal of Mexican material in their Director of CSRC. Mexican and U.S. social scientists, physi­ and UCSB. Ruwet (Powell Library, UCLA) se rves as UCLA) discussed "The Structuring of a courses. Ralph Beals JOi ned the UCLA By 1981 UCLA's interest in Mexico cal and life scientists, humanists, and pro­ The first panel inc luded presentations secretary The Te rtulia meets monthly dur­ New Industrial Zone for the World Market faculty in 1936 and offered the first was sufficiently broad and complex that it fessionals in nearly all discip lines. The by Robert Wesson (Hoover Institute) on ing the school ye ar and provides a fo rum Southern Cal ifornia" and concluded that courses devoted entirely to Mexico "Civi­ required the creation of the UCLA Pro­ principal effort of the project is the coll ec­ " Mexico as an Authoritari an State," for the presentation of research findings the region is becoming a major foreign in­ lizations of Mexico" and, later, " Indians of gram on Mexico to coordinate and en­ tion and analysis of mappable data for this Ricardo Cavazos (Camara de Diputados, that are concerned with the western vestment and high technology zone and Modern Mexico." courage research, faculty and student ex­ important region th at will be published in a Mexico City) on "The Financial Aspects of (Nahuatl) sphere of Mesoamerican study. will experience massive growth in th ese Beginning in the 1950s and 1960s, changes, and to promote othe r significant multivolume, bilingual United States­ the Oil Industry," and John Pippenger on Participants and their topics fo r this areas. Mario Carrillo (CEFNOMEX) pre ­ the study of Mexico at UCLA benefitted activities related to Mexico. Chaired by Mexico Borderlands Atlas. " International Financial Problems of season included Hasso von Winning sented the Mexican view of the bor­ from the establishment of an interdiscipli­ hi storian Norris C. Hundley, the Program Since the founding of the UCLA Latin Mexico." Guillermo Rosales, of the pri­ (Southwest Museum, Los Angeles) "In­ derlands economy and examined the nary Latin American Studies Program an d includes representatives from the faculty, Ameri can Center, a significant part of its vate sector in Guadalajara, spoke on "The signias of Office or Profession in factors influencing industrial concentra­ the availability of sizeable federal and pri­ the Chancellor's Offi ce, th e Lati n Ameri­ research has dealt with Mexico. For ex­ Nationali zation of the Mexi can Banks," Teotihuacan Iconography"; Richard tion . In commenting on the presentations, vate grants for area studies. In 1959 the can Center, and CSRC . ample, the Center' s nonform al education while Ernesto Quintanilla of the "Scotty" MacNeish (Anthropology, Bos­ Luis Suarez-Villa (Social Ecology, UCI) Latin American Center was established as Concurrently with th e establishment project that was launched in 1970 and its Universid ad Aut6noma de Nuevo Le6n in ton University) "Reminiscences and Dis­ agreed that the Mexican border region is an Organized Research Unit (ORU), and of the UCLA Program on Mexico, UCLA ongoing lore and statistical projects have Monterrey spoke on "The Evol ution of cussion of Past and Recent Developments an ideal environment for investment, has since become one of the st rongest joined with the other UC campuses to had strong Mexican components. Mexican Industry, Where is this Heading?" in Mesoamerican Archaeology"; Robert owing to low labor costs and other factors. Latin American programs in the United c reate the Un iversity of Cali forn ia In addition to the borderlands atlas ef­ The second panel featured presenta­ Haskett (History, UCLA) "Don Antonio de The conference keynote speaker, States. UCLA is now a maJor reg ional and Consortium on Mexico and the United forts, the Center has two other border tions by Mexico City attorney and author Hinojosa, Mestizo Tlatoani of Jorge Bustamante (CEFNOMEX) , out­ national resource center on Latin America States. In the summer of 1981 the UC projects underway. Data are now being Jose Angel Conchello Davila on "Mexico Cuern avaca"; Esther Pasztory (Art His­ lined the development of his institution because of its academic programs (BA MEX US Executive Committee se lected gathered and analyze d under the direc­ at the Crossroads, " and Juan Vicente tory, Columbia Un iversity) "Problems in and the outcomes of its studies of border and MA interdisciplinary degrees as well UC LA as the site fo r its ad ministrative of­ tion of Peter Reich, which along with a Palerm (Universidad Aut6noma Aztec Art"; and Rebecca Horn (History, issues. In his view Mexico will emerge a as articulated degrees with a number of fices and named James W. Wilkie Un i­ number of essays relating to aspects of Metropoli tana) on "The Ag rari an Ques­ UCLA) "Landholding in Seventeenth­ stronger industrial force and the bor­ professional schools), research, publica­ ve rsitywide Coordinator. Th e headquar­ binational statistics, wi ll be published as tions and the Economic Crisis in Mexico Century Coyoacan Nahuatl Bills of Sale" derlands will conti nue to be significant for tions, resource development, and pro­ ters are funded by UC MEXUS, with the the Statistical Abstract of the United Present and Future." Sanford Gerber the future of United States-Mexico rela­ g rams fo r the local community and assistance of UCLA's Council on Interna­ States-Mexico Borderlands. This volume (Speech, UCSB) addressed th e issue of tions. Bustamante received his Ph.D. in broader general public. Mexico is strongly tional and Comparative Studies, Latin is part of the supplement series to the "the Deva luation of the Peso, Impact on sociology from the University of Notre emphasized in all of these program s. American Center, CSRC, and Chancell or's Center' s Statistical Abstract of Latin Research," and Giorgio Perissinotto Dame and is a leading Mexican authority Ludwig Lauerhass, Jr., Latin American Off ice. In addition to undertaking general America Se ries . discussed "The Devaluati on of the Peso, on the U.S.-Mexican borderlands. He was Bibliographer in the University Resea rch admin istrative duties the Un iversitywide Another team of UCLA Latin Ameri­ Impact on Ed ucation and Culture." an advisor to the Jose Lopez-Portillo ad- Library and Lecturer in the History De- can Center researchers, in cooperation 14 15

with the University Library staff and off­ More than two hundred-fifty Master's the­ Research. Since its founding in 1970, The work UCLA and Mexico details campus participants, is building a biblio­ ses and Ph.D. dissertations have been Aztlan has published 22 issues, a number these many activities. The volume may be UCSF Dental graphic database on the border. Border­ completed on Mexican topics. The follow­ of which have been devoted to special ordered from UCLA Program on Mexico, line, as rhis project is entitled, is housed ing departments produced most of these topics such as "Chicano History" and 11343 Bunche Hall , UCLA, Los Angeles, Symposium in the UCLA University Research Library Education (52) ; Anthropology (42); History "Education and the Chicano. " The CSRC CA 90024 and is an automated bibliographic search (34); Geography (19) ; Hispanic Language catalogue includes more than forty-nine ti­ At a three-day UCSF symposium , June service for materials published or pro­ and Literature (13) ; Latin American Studies tles in its different series. 13-15, the effects of change in dental dis­ duced since 1960 that deal with the (13) ; Sociology (12); and Political Science Other significant Mexico publications ease patterns were analyzed in relation to United States-Mexico borderlands region. (11). at UCLA are The Chicano Law Review, the future of dentistry in Me xico and the Borderl ine is now being expanded to With an outstanding core of The Pacific Historical Review as well as UNAM's Uchmany Visits UCLA United States. form an international consortium. Mex1canist faculty concentrated in the the imprints of the Museum of Cultural His­ According to symposium organizer In addition to the collaborative effort humanities and social sciences, as well as tory. On May 2 visiting scholar Eva Alexandra PhD. from UNAM. Uchmany has lectured Samuel J. Wycoff (Division of General in Israel , India, France, England , Central on the borderlands, the CSRC is involved distinguished faculty 1n the professional The University of California Press has Uchmany addressed a group of faculty Dentistry, UCSF), invited guests included and South America as well as the United in wide ranging research projects related schools and physical and life science de­ offices at UCLA (as well as Berkeley) It and graduate students at UCLA. Her pre­ representatives from the eight Mexican States. Her publications include '­ to Mexican studies. Several ongoing ac­ partments who are knowledgeable about actively seeks to expand its strong list of sentation was entitled 'Religious Changes dental districts as well as the executive di­ tivities stem from a grant by the Fund for many aspects of Mexico, few institutions in titles on Mexico. of Mexican Indians Under Spanish Domi­ 'Huitzilopochtli, dios de la historia de los rector and members of the advisory Azteca-Mexitin" (Estudios de Cultura the Improvement of Post-Secondary Edu­ the United States approach UCLA in the The UCLA library collections of mate­ nation." Uchmany (Colegio de Historia, committee of the Asociaci6n Mexicana de Nahuatl, 1978), "Religious Changes in the cation (FIPSE) and include research richness and variety of Mexico-related rials related to Mexico, U.S.-Mexican rela­ UNAM) is a Fulbright grantee doing re­ Facultades de Escuelas de Odontologla. search at the Huntington Library in Conquest of Mexico" (Religious Change topics on the history of U.S.-Mexican rela­ coursework for both graduate and un­ tions, the border, and Chicano studies are Also in attendance were Executive Secre­ and Cultural Domination, 1981 ), and "De tions ; Mexican culture and media; eco­ dergraduate programs Over forty-five among the strongest and most heavily Pasadena, Caiifornia~gathering data tary Jacob G6mez Aranda and President from procesos relating to sixteenth- and algunos cristianos nuevos en la Conquista nomics and energy; immigration and the courses are devoted primarily to Mexico used in the country They cover the full Jose Trinidad Velasquez Corona, Dean seventeenth-century Inquisition activities. y colonizaci6n de la Nueva Espana" border area; and Mexico's relations with while an additional one hundred twenty­ spectrum of the social sciences and hu­ of the Universidad Aut6noma de Nayarit. During her stay in the United States, (Estudios Novohispanos, 1983). the Mexican-American community During five or so courses have a substantial manities and range from the fine arts to the At San Francisco, these participants Uchmany will visit other collections con­ In addition to teaching colonial history 1980-1981 , the CSRC undertook a major Mexico content. More than twenty de­ health sciences. In all , over 50,000 vol­ joined Universi ty dental faculty and other taining colonial Mexican documents. and ethnohistory at UNAM, Uchmany project on the two-hundred-year history of partments offer these courses. umes are held in addition to significant col­ professionals and community representa­ She received the BA and MA de­ serves as co-editor of Revis/a Mexicana the Los Angeles Mexican community, and In keeping with the tradition at UCLA lections of maps, manuscripts, govern­ tives from California for a day-long plenary grees from the Hebrew University of de Estudios Antropol6gicos and is guest­ this research will soon be published An­ of public service to the local community ment documents, microfilms, and session of formal papers and discussions. Jerusalem and took the Licentiate and editor of Biblioteca Americana. other important focus of CSRC has been and the promotion of understanding on ephemera The remainder of the conference was de­ research on Mexican and Mexican­ the international level, the University has, The UCLA University Research Li­ voted to small workshops on specific American women . over the decades, sponsored many public brary houses the core holdings for most topics and tours of UCSF's teaching , re­ Other UCLA academic units that have outreach programs involving Mexico and fields. The library's Public Affairs Service search, and community programs. undertaken significant Mexico-related re­ the Chicano community in the United acquires much current economic, statisti­ search projects include the Graduate States. At the same time, UC LA's efforts cal, and political material from Mexican School of Management, the Graduate involve a great range of cultural activity in government agencies as well as Mexico­ School of Architecture and Urban Plan­ the visual arts, music, and literature; films; related documents from U S federal and ning , the School of Public Health , and the exhibits; lectures; concerts; plays; state agencies, from other foreign gov­ Spanish Speaking Mental Health Re­ dances; and workshops both on and off ernments, and from international and re­ search Center. the Westwood campus. gional organizations The Department of International News Over the years much of the research UCLA takes pride not only in the initi­ Special Collections has rich holdings of 1ng with the CEFNOMEX staff on the cur­ on Mexico at UCLA has been undertaken at ion of important research on Mexico and rare books, manuscripts, and other mate­ Mario Ojeda at by individual faculty and graduate stu­ the Chicano community, but also in mak­ rials on Mexico and the Southwest. High­ riculum for the master's degree program in regional development that will be dents, not only in the humanities and so­ ing this research and that of other special­ lights include the Byron McAfee collection CEFNOMEX launched in the near future by the Baja cial sciences, but in the professional ists available through several different of Nahuatl manuscripts and the Carey schools and physical and life sciences. publications programs While the Latin McWilliams papers. California lnst1tut1on Currently some 75 UCLA faculty and staff American Center is concerned with publi­ Within the UCLA University Library Mario Ojeda, a leading expert on interna­ While in Tijuana, Ojeda will continue research on his broad interest in Me xico's from 23 departments and research units cations on Latin America generally, many System other important holdings are found tional relations in Mexico, is currently a are involved in research on some aspect of its imprints are of central importance to in the Art, Bio-Medical, Education­ visiting scholar at the Centro de Estudios foreign policy and U.S.- Mexican relations. However, he is now able to view the bilat­ of Mexico. Much of this research 1s by the study of Mexico. The yearly Statistical Psychology, Geology, Management, Map, Fronterizos def Norte de Mexico eral relation from a new perspective, that ladder-rank faculty and therefore consti­ Abstract of Latin America contains not and Music Libraries. The contents of these (CEFNOMEX), 1n Tijuana. Ojeda, on leave tutes a continuing commitment on the part only statistical material on Mexico, but libraries are integrated into the main Uni­ from his post as a professor of interna­ of daily life on the border. This is the first of the University For example, historians over the years it has published some versity Research Library catalog. The tional relations at El Colegio de Mexico, time that he has been able to spend an ex­ tended period on the border and, as he James Lockhart, James W Wilkie, John half-dozen analytical articles dealing with UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center has been one of the main actors in the de­ Caughey (emeritus), Norris C. Hundley, Mexico. The Journal of Latin American Library augments these collections with velopment of the study of the United told UC MEX US NEWS 1n an interview, Juan Gomez-Ouinones, Mary Yeager, Lore contains 20 articles on Mexico, while extensive resources on the Chicano popu­ States as a field of academic inquiry in "CEFNOMEX is the perfect post from which to view the activities of the border Alexander Saxton, and John Laslett are the Center's Reference Series and Library lation in the United States as well as on the Mexico. A graduate in international rela­ tions from UNAM , he also undertook region and the unique regional perspec­ al l involved in research related to Mexico Guides are important research tools. The Mexican heritage of these peoples. This postgraduate work at Harvard. At El tive ." The border has long been consid­ and the Mexicans in the United States. In Hispanic American Periodicals Index collection is rapidly becoming one of the ered important by Mexico City , he noted , biology and ecology, Donald G. Buth, (HAPI) is an annual index of articles ap­ chief repositories 1n the country of printed Colegio de Mexico, Ojeda has served as Secretary General and General Coordina­ particularly because of the international Martin L. Cody, Henry A. Hespenheide, pearing in nearly fifty major journals treat­ and audiovisual materials documenting all tor of Academic Affairs. In the latter ca­ Mario Ojeda impl1cat1ons of border issues and Park S. Nobel, Laurie Vitt, Hartmut Wal­ ing Latin America, Mexico, and the His­ aspects of the Chicano experience. pacity he was instrumental in securing the problems. ter, Charles Bennett, Jonathan Sauer, panic population in the United States. Ten Since its inception in 1962 UCLA's support of El Colegio and of other agen­ frontera (Mexico, D. F. El Colegio de Mario Ojeda will return to his teaching Philip W. Rundel, Mildred E. Mathias, of the Center's monograph series concern Museum of Cultural History has had a cies for the creation and funding of Mexico. 1982). and re search duties at El Colegio de and W. E. Westman have all researched specifically Mexican topics. strong interest in Mexico and now has a CEFNOMEX. During his April through August resi­ Mexico 1n the fall . In addition, he is serving aspects of Mexico. UCLA's CSRC has a well-established heavily-used collection of more than 6,000 Ojeda is a noted scholar and the au­ dency in Tijuana, Ojeda is inaugurating as co-chair of the Latin American Studies As listed in the volume UCLA and publications program of scholarly mono­ objects from that country. The Mexican the CEFNOMEX program of visiting scho­ Association Program Committee for the Mexico, the research of UCLA graduate graphs, reprints, and a journal Aztlan.· The section has strengths in both pre­ thor of numerous works. His most recent publication is a collection of essays enti­ lars. In addition to undertaking a research LASA International Congress to be held in students on Mexico has been significant. International Journal of Chicano Studies Columbian and contemporary folk art areas. tled La administraci6n de/ desarrollo de la project on the border region , he is consult- Me xico City, September 29-0ctober 1, 1983.

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ASU Programs on Mexico The ASU Art Collections. directed by Research on Mexican topics creates gu1stics) and Robert Carrasco (Bilingual Alarcon (Language) specializes in Rudy Turk, has a permanent exl1ibitior: of considerable interest on the part of ASU Education) are studying comparative ed­ literature and poetry of the border region Arizona State University (ASU) has an ac­ The Center l1as empl1asized Mexico Latin American art. Featured are works by faculty and graduate students. More ucational settings in Mexico and the and is editor of La Palabra, a journal de­ tive and wide-ranging program 1n Latin 1n its researcl1 conferences. which have a number of Mexican artists including graduate dissertations and theses are United States. voted to this topic. John Aguilar (Anthro­ American Studies that places particular featured original papers prepared by both Diego Rivera, David A. Siqueiros. and written on Mexico than the rest of the Latin Marvin Alisky (Political Science) pology) is studying working-class house­ emphasis on Mexico. The Center for Latin Mexican and Nort11 American scholars. Rufino Tamayo Works of Mexican and American countries combined. A recent continues to study the Mexican media and holds at the border. F. Arturo Rosales American Studies. directed by economics Examples include the 1976 ·Future of Latin American folk art are displayed at survey of research revealed that at least political trends and now 1s writing on the (History) is studying criminal justice and professor Jerry Ladman, coordinates Mexico" and the 1979 "U.S.-Mexican En­ the Art Collection and the Center. The ASU twenty-seven ASU faculty currently were military. Thomas Karnes (History) is be­ Mexican immigrants in the 1910-1914 pe­ tl1ese activities which include the admin­ ergy Relationships· conferences; the lat­ Adm1n1stration Building exhibits a fresco undertaking Mexican pro1ects. ginning a project on the history of U.S.­ riod Marjorie Zate (Criminal Justice) is istration of undergraduate and graduate ter was co-sponsored with Americans for mural by Jean Charlot. In Languages Maureen Ahern is Mexican relations. Michael Woolverton conducting research on comparative crim­ programs; publication of scholarly books; Energy Independence, a non-profit organ­ The Latin American film series at ASU working on contemporary Mexican poetry (Agriculture) is examining Mexican agri­ inal justice of Hispanics in the Southwest. the management of student exchange ization from Washington, D.C. Pro­ often shows products of Mexican cinema, and women writers, Margarita Cota­ business and Steve Torok is analyzing Marvin Alisky (Political Science) 1s study­ programs; the sponsorship of research ceedings have been published for botl1 of with a Luis Bu fie I festival planned for the Cardenas is analyzing the irony in Carlos (Agriculture) the Mexican winter vegetable ing the role of city councils in industrial conferences. seminars. film series. and these conferences. Last year. the Center fall. Barbara Lafford (Language) chairs Fuentes's fiction and the literature of social industry. promotion in twin border cities while Jerry music symposia; exhibitions of art and folk and the Latin American Area Center of tl1e this committee. protest in Mexico, and David Foster is re­ Ray Henkel and Donald McTaggart Ladman (Economics) is examining the art; and the presentation of programs for University of Arizona co-sponsored a con­ The non-campus community is an searching contemporary Mexican theater (Geography) are studying spontaneous border economy. Several faculty are con­ the non-campus community. ference on "The Lat1namericanization of important part of Center programming and the seme1ological approximations of recreation settlements 1n Puerto Penasco. tributors to UCLA's United States-Mexico Ladman holds the Ph.D. in economics the United States". a topic that is directly The public lectures and art shows are but the essay. In Music, Richard Haefer 1s Donald Burt and Michael Sheridan (Ge­ Borderlands Atlas Project. R. W. from Iowa State University. He has been related to Mexican m1grat1on to this coun­ one means. In 1977 the Center. the ASU studying the music of Mexican Indians, ology) are examining topaz rhyolite lavas. Durrenberger (Geography) is co-editor of working on Mexican projects since 1965 try. College of Business Administration. and and in Art Emily Umberger is analyzing J. V. Toohey (Health) 1s working on proj­ the physical geography volume of the at­ when he began his dissertation research UAG cosponsored a national conference Aztec monuments from a historical and ects dealing with public health, family las. in that country. Since then, he has under­ for businessmen on "Perspectives on political view. planning, and drug rehabilitation. Dale The fact that ASU has recently joined taken research on a variety of Mexican U.S.-Mex1can Trade and Investment" to try Carole Anne Valentine, Banisa Furnish (Law) is researching Mexican PROFMEX is indicative of its commitment topics. He lived 1n Mexico for some three to analyze the Mexican situation. Saint Damian, and Dorothy Soricone commerical law and and international to the study of Mexico. In the future, the years, holding appointments 1n program Mexican businessmen and government (Communications) are conducting a com­ trade. Barbara Stark (Anthropology) 1s University's emphasis on Mexico will un­ management for the Mexico City office of officials were speakers. parative Mexico/United States study of analyzing pre-Columbian coastal adapta­ doubtedly increase. For further informa­ the Ford Foundation and as a v1s1ting pro­ Each year the Center and the ASU gender and culture as determinants of tions and pottery production along the At­ tion contact Center for Latin American fessor 1n the graduate college of the College of Business Administration invite a ideal voice. Isabel Schon (Education) re­ lantic coast Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Universidad Nac1onal Agraria 1n Mexican economist to present a 'Mexican searches Mexican literature for children Several faculty are focusing on AZ 85287 (602) 965-5127. Chap1ngo. His published research deals Economic Forecast' for Arizona business and young adults. Florence Barkin (Lin- U.S.-Mex1can border questions. Justo with Mexican agriculture- especially executives. The Center works closely with credit, internal migration, foreign trade. organizations dealing with Mexico. includ­ tourism, border assembly plants. the ing the Arizona Trade Center. the twin-city border economy, and the eco­ Arizona-Mexico Commission. and Friends States and Mexico. Aside from their partic­ nomic history of the Mexicali Valley. He 1s of Mexican Art. UTEP's Mexico Programs ipation in campus act1v1ties, more than fifty co-editor of United States-Mexican Energy Tl1e University Library has a strong UTEP faculty and other researchers Relations. Ladman has also done re­ and growing Mexican collection It works The Center for Inter-American and Border oral history of the border region In 1981- associated with the Center are engaged 1n search 1n several other Latin American na­ closely with a Center library committee Studies is a major teaching and research 1982 he was a Fellow at the Center for Ad­ ongoing research on a wide variety of sub­ tions. including extensive recent work in l1eaded by Noel Stowe (History). Latin program at the University of Texas at El vanced Study 1n the Behavioral Sciences. jects pertaining to Mexico and the border Bolivia. American l1brar1an Walter Brem regularly Paso (UTEP) and coordinates most of the The Associate Director is Jeffrey T. area. Ten topics have been identified as Ladman has served as a consultant to visits Mexico in his efforts to build the col­ institution's Mexico-related activities. The Brannon, a member of UTE P's Eco­ having particular importance, and the the World Bank, The United States Agency lection. The Chicano Collection. l1eaded university forms part of a dynamic, nomics Department. Center actively promotes original research for International Development. and the by Christine Marin, 1s well known for its binational metropolitan complex with a Established in 1961, the Center has in each of them Central Bank of Ecuador. He is vice-chair researcl1 ephemera l1oldings. population of one and a half million peo­ evolved and grown in its capacity to pro­ • Migration and Population Growth 1n of tl1e education committee of the Gover­ The ASU School of Social Work has ple. The Ciudad Juarez-El Paso area con­ mote and support teaching, research, the Border Region nor's Arizona-Mexico Commission and Jerry R. Ladman an important program dealing with stitutes a north-south/east-west continen­ publication, and community education • Border Economic Interdependence Treasurer of the Pacific Coast Council for Mexican-Americans and l1as a student tal crossroads as well as an economic and activities. Drawing on the resources of the • Border Industrialization Latin American Studies. He was recently The Center has regularly featured and faculty excllange program w1t11 its cultural dividing line between the University and situated in an excellent • Contemporary Conditions in Mexico elected president for the Association of sem inars by Mexican scl1olars. typically counterpart at UAG. The College of Archi­ developed nations and the Third World bi national laboratory, the Center has be­ U.S.-Mexican Relations Borderlands Scholars. inviting three or four each year to make tecture sponsors a summer program each Given its geographic location, the Center come a leader in the field of Border Stud­ • Border Relations The Center's publication program. presentations on the ASU campus. This year in Guadala1ara and also has a stu­ places major emphasis on the study of the ies. • Environmental Issues along the under the direction of David Foster (Lan­ year it sponsored a public lecture series dent exchange program with UAG. The U.S.-Mexican border, a zone rich in history The Center coordinates UTE P's Border guage) lists 44 titles of scholarly books on "Contemporary Mexico Crisis and Center for Bilingual Education, headed by and complex in its cultural, demographic, Bachelor of Arts degree program in Latin • Allocation of Natural Resources along and special studies. Of t11ese. one-tl1ird Change" which featured two Mexicans, Eugene Garcia, offers a summer course and economic configuration. American Studies as well as the Border the Border are on Mexican topics. Karin Park 1s the Mario Ojeda and Gustavo Sainz, as well in Guana1uato Mexican music and per­ The director of the Center is Oscar J. Studies course offerings in various de­ • Border Cultural Interaction Center's editor. as four prominent U S scholars Marvin formers are ofte11 featured 1n the School of Martinez. Martinez. a native of Ciudad partments. Recently, an MA degree 1n • Border Ethnic Relations L. Teresa Valdivieso (Language) Alisky, Shifra Goldman, Michael C. Music's biannual Latin American music Juarez-El Paso, obtained the Ph.D. in his­ Border History has been added to the Research now under way at UTEP on leads the student exchange program. Meyer, a11d Stanley R. Ross. symposium. tory from UCLA. His major research field is curriculum. the borderlands ranges widely across the which includes agreements with three Last year the ASU Ce11ter and t11e Several ASU faculty l1ave had recent the history of the U.S.-Mexican border reg­ Sponsorship of conferences, collo­ disciplines. For example, Howard G. Ap­ Mexican institutions The Univers1dad ASU Department of Foreign Languages Fulbright awards to Mexico. Richard ion. His publications include Border Boom quia, seminars, workshops, exhibitions, plegate (Civil Engineering) is studying Aut6noma de Guadala1ara (UAG), the hosted a seminar series 'Mexico The Haefer (Music) researcl1ed the indige­ Town. Ciudad Juarez Since 1848 (Austin and other public events constitute an im­ pest1c1des along the border and is co­ Univers1dad Aut6noma de Nuevo Leon . Writers Speak· Participating Mexican au­ nous and acculturated music and musical University of Texas Press, 1978) and portant part of the Center's work. These editor of the environmental hazards vol­ and t11e Universidad de Sonora. Each se­ thors and poets were David Huerta, instruments of tl1e Warihio Indians in Fragments of the Mexican Revolution. activities are designed to benefit the fac­ ume of UCLA's United States-Mexico Bor­ mester several ASU students exchange Maria Lu,sa Mendoza, Elias Nandino, southeastern Sonora and Dale Furnish Personal Accounts from the Border (Albu­ ulty, students, and the community at large derlands Atlas and C. Richard Bath (Polit­ places with their Mexican counterparts Jose Emilio Pacheco, and Gustavo (Law) studied Mexican commercial law at querque University of New Mexico Press, by disseminating timely information about ical Science) is working on a book on envi­ from these universities. Sainz. UNAM. forthcoming, 1983) Currently, Martinez is Mexico and the border. Speakers are in­ ronmental issues and U.S.-Mexican rela­ working on a topical history as well as an vited regularly from throughout the United tions. William J. Lloyd and Richard 18 19 Marston, both of Biological Sciences, are Collections Department are particularly as the Mexican Revolution, Prohibition, the Richard Roman, "Railroad Nationali­ Overseas Development Council investigating different aspects of water in important. Outstanding among these is Depression , and other important topics. zation and the Formation of the region. Dilmus D. James (Economics the Southwest and Border Studies Collec­ The department is also developing a Bor­ Administraci6n Obrera in Mexico, 1937- Mexico Project and Finance), who will soon leave for a tion (SWBSC) It is made up of over 9,000 der Studies Manuscript Collection of both 38." year's research in Geneva, is co-editor of volumes, a major source of published in­ unpublished manuscripts and materials Frans Schryer, "From Rancheros to For the past three and a half years, the the economics volume of the United formation, mostly history, on the Ciudad distributed in limited quantities. Recently, Pequeflos Proprietarios.· Agriculture, Overseas Development Council (ODC) States-Mexico Borderlands Atlas. Ellwyn Juarez-El Paso area, northern Mexico, and UTEP's Ellwyn R. Stoddard, a pioneering Class Structure, and Politics in the Sierra has conducted a maior project of policy Stoddard (Sociology and Anthropology) the U.S. Southwest. The SWBSC began in borderlands scholar, donated his per­ de Jacala, Mexico." research and discussion of U.S-Mexican is conducting research on the 1976 and the early 1960s when John H. McNeely, a sonal collection to this department. Stod­ Russell Chace, "The Mexico North­ relations among key decision-makers 1982 peso devaluations. historian at UTEP, donated over 5,000 vol­ dard's material spans more than a dozen western Railway Company Ltd., 1908- drawn from the private, public, and aca­ The Center sponsors and publishes umes to the library. academic disciplines and includes many 1914." demic sectors in the United States and materials for both the academic and lay The archival holdings include numer­ otherwise unavailable out-of-print publi­ Frans Schryer, "Ethnicity and Political Mexico. The U.S.-Mexico Project communities. Books and monographs are ous collections of papers of private per­ cations, unpublished professional papers, Conflict in Northern Hidalgo (Agrarian developed in response to the growing published in cooperation with UTEP's sons, literary figures, institutions, and cor­ newspaper clippings, non-mainstream Conflict in a Nahuatl Region)" economic, political, and social interaction Texas Western Press . Lengthy papers are porations, such as the Rio Grande Di vision journal reprints (or photocopies), and lim­ Copies of these and forthcoming between the two countries and the need published in the Occasional Paper Series. of the Southern Pacific Company. One ited distribution research reports from publications as well as additional informa­ for increased unofficial exchanges be­ Short essays that address policy concerns particularly valuable collection is the public or private agencies. tion on the Mexico Project may be ob­ tween public and private leaders from are issued as Border Issues and Public Aultman Collection, which contains hun­ Of related interest is the Chicano tained by writing to The Mexico Project, both nations. Policy Papers, while essays that treat sig­ dreds of photographs on the Mexican Studies Collection. It is made up of books, CERLAC, Founders College, York Univer­ According to ODC's director, John nificant (but non-policy) aspects of life in Revolution and of El Paso and Ciudad films , journal titles, and other materials sity, 4700 Keele Street, Downsview, On­ W. Sewell, "a policy-oriented, the borderlands are published in the Bor­ Juarez. useful for research on the Mexican­ tario, Canada M3K 1 P3 ( 416) 667-3085. Washington-based forum involving key der Perspectives Series. Microfilm holdings include more than American population of the border region. participants from the government, busi­ Plans for the future at the Center in­ a million Mexican documents from the fol­ For more information on the Center for ness, labor, and academic sectors of the clude the establishment of a visiting scho­ lowing sources Ciudad Juarez Municipal Inter-American and Border Studies and its United States and Mexico is of critical im­ lars program. This program will allow at Archives; Chihuahua Municipal Archives; activities, write to the Center at The Uni­ New Mexico portance as the bilateral relationship un­ least four scholars from other parts of the Durango State Archives; Janos versity of Texas at El Paso , El Paso, TX dergoes substantial modifications, and United States and Mexico to be Center (Provincias lnternas) Northern Frontier 79968. Consortium sectors within each country confront grow­ fellows for periods of four to twelve Documents; and a great many of the Meeting Hosted at ing economic and political constraints." months. Juarez and Durango Cathedral records. The U.S.-Mexico Project forms part of UTEP's library resources provide In cooperation with the Institute of NMSU ODC's Foreign Policy Program, directed strong support for the institution's Oral History, Special Collections houses by Richard Feinberg. Feinberg served on Cathryn Thorup The New Mexico Consortium for Latin Mexico-related programs. Several collec­ many oral history tapes and transcripts the Policy Planning Staff of the Depart­ American Studies, which coordinates tions in the University Library's Special pertaining to border historical events such ment of State and has worked as an inter­ Considerable work was devoted dur­ programs between UNM and NMSU held national economist in the Treasury De­ ing the first phase of the Project (Novem­ its Fifth Annual Meeting in Las Cruces, partment and the House Banking Commit­ ber 1979-November 1980) to identify the March 25-26, 1983. The theme of the con­ tee. Project's maior substantive areas of con­ CERLAC'S Mexico Project ference was "Mexico The Critical Years, The Director of the U.S.-Mexico Proj­ cern: Trade and investment and border 1982-1988." ect is Cathryn Thorup. For six years, area issues. During 1981, working groups The.Mexico Project is one of several activ­ Apart from an ongoing series of semi­ Participants in the meeting, hosted by Thorup lived in Mexico where she worked composed of approximately forty-five ities organized by the Center for Research nars and public lectures by well-known Louis R. Sadler, were grouped into sev­ on Proiect United States at El Colegio de decision-makers from both countries, on Latin America and the Caribbean Mexicanists, other Mexico Project activi­ eral sessions Mexico. She has written extensively on were organized around each topic. (CERLAC), an interdisciplinary research ties include research on socioeconomic "The Literary View," chaired by Mexico's attempts to diversify its foreign In 1982, the U.S.-Mexico Proiect con­ organization concerned with the eco­ change by six Canadian scholars. Two are Gustavo Sainz (UNM), included from investments, on the Reagan administra­ centrated on outreach activities. In March, nomic development, and the political and engaged in a long-term project involving UNM Sergio Elizondo, Susan tion and Mexico, and on U S. and Mexican a series of Washington dinner discussions social organization and culture of Latin fieldwork in the Huasteca region of Haddaway, Maria Kelley, and Dick C. policies toward Central America. For the was launched on topics of current interest America and the Caribbean. CERLAC is Mexico, in collaboration with a group of Gerdes; and from NMSU Thomas past three years, Thorup has also written to develop and strengthen the network of located at York University in Toronto, On­ Mexican scholars affiliated with CISINAS Hoeksema. regularly on international politics for the persons interested in the bilateral relation­ tario, but individual members of the (Centro de lnvestigaciones Superiores del "Economic Predictions," chaired by Mexican news magazine Razones . Thorup ship. Journalists were informed in May of Mexico Project and other programs are lnstituto Nacional de Antropologia Social) Kenneth Nowotny (NMSU), included is assisted in her duties at ODC by Pro­ 1982 about U.S. and Mexican perspec­ also affiliated with several other institu­ The Canadian members of this team are from UNM Peter Gregory and Roger gram Assistant Louise Fleischman. tives toward developments in Central tions, including the University of Toronto examining the social and political impact Norton and from NMSU Lee Hageman. Through an integrated program of re­ America; in June the economic and politi­ and the University of Guelph of the introduction of new technology (new "The Interdisciplinary View," chaired search, meetings, and public education, cal setting of the Mexican presidential The CERLAC Mexico Project is di­ varieties of coffee, new forms of cattle rais­ by Sadler, included from NMSU Charles the U.S.-Mexico Proiect seeks to clarify election was analyzed; and in November rected by Frans Josef Schryer, an asso­ ing, and modern transportation) and the H. Harris and Guadalupe Valdes and the nature of the present bilateral relation­ the prospects for economic development ciate professor in the Department of Soci­ expansion of formal education and other from UNM Fred Harris and Gilbert W. ship; explore ways in which future and political stability 1n Mexico were ology and Anthropology of the University national institutions on both Indian and Merkx. Mexican and U.S. development can pro­ treated. of Guelph. A graduate from McGill Uni­ mestizo communities in northern Hidalgo. The principal speaker was James W. mote the short- and long-term interests of In February 1983, a two-day session versity (MA, PhD), he has done exten­ Studies by other members of the Mexico Wilkie, (UCLA), who presented the ban­ each country; provide a communications for Congressional staff was held in Wash­ sive research on local-level politics, land Project, in collaboration with Mexican re­ quet address on "The Causes Since 1970 network among key policymakers in the ington in cooperation with the Woodrow tenure, and ethnohistory in rural Mexico. searchers, include research on railroad of Mexico's Current Crisis." two countries; engage in policy-oriented Wilson Center and funded by PROFMEX. He is curently conducting fieldwork in the workers, agribusiness, and the food pro­ research and discussion among decis1on­ Planning is now going forward for a Nahuatl region of Yahualica and Frans J. Schryer cessing industry. makers, bridging the worlds of research meeting in late 1983 of the Proiect's Atlapexco in the Huasteca Hidalguense. Five papers have now been pub­ and action; expand public awareness in U.S.-Mexico Policy Committee. The group In 1981-82 he strengthened his ties with rnerous scholarly articles and The lished in the Mexico Project's Working both countries of the importance of US.­ will discuss current issues between both Mexican academics during a stay as Visit­ Rancheros of Pisaf!ores: The Case History Paper Series Mexican relations; and provide insight into countries regarding the appropriate poli­ ing Professor at the Center for Rural Stud­ of a Peasant Bourgeoisie in Twentieth­ Sam Lanfranco, "Mexican Oil, the general trajectory of North-South rela­ cies 1n the areas of trade, industrial devel­ ies of the Colegio de Postgraduados in Century Mexico (University of Toronto Export-led Development, and Agricultural tions. opment, and financial services. The Chapingo. His publications include nu- Press, 1980). Neglect." 20

Chairman of the U.S.-Mexico Policy Director of Studies on Foreign Commercial Committee is Guy Erb, a corporate con­ Policy at IMCE) $3.00. sultant on international finance and trade. • The Politics of Water Apportionment Erb was formerly Deputy Director of the and Pollution Problems in United States­ U S International Cooperation Agency, a Mexico Relations, by Stephen Mumme member of the National Security Council, (Political Science, UA) $3 .00. and a Senior Fellow at ODC. • The Reagan Administration and UCMEXUS The various papers presented at the Mexico, by Cathryn Thorup, $3.00. meetings of the working groups are being • An Analytical Framework for the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM ON MEXICO & THE UNITED STATES

published by ODC as a special Working Study of the US.-Mexico Border Area BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRVINE • Los ANGELES . RIVERSIDE • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SANTA BARBARA • SANTA CRUZ Paper Series on U.S.-Mexican relations. Phenomena , by Mario Carrillo To date, thirteen have been released , with (CEFNOMEX) $3.00. two more to be issued shortly. • Transborder Flows of Technical In­ • "Unfair" Trade Practices. A formation.· Cases of the Commercialization DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: SEPTEMBER 15, 1983 Mexican-American Drama, by Andrew of Guayule and Groundwater Utilization in James Samet (Chapman, Duff & Paul) the El Paso, Texas / Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua Dear Coll eages Around the World: and Gary Hufbauer (Deputy Director of Region, by Di Imus James (Economics, the International Law Institute at UTEP) and C. Richard Bath (Political Sci­ We cordially invite you to submit an abstract of your current Mexico-related research project(s) for publication in Volume Ill of the Georgetown University) $4.50. ence, UTEP) $3.50. International Inventory of Current Mexico-Related Research. The Inventory is an annual publication of the University of California • An American View of Mexican A collection of the papers on trade Consortium on Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS). in association with the Consortium of U S Research Programs for Trade Policy, by Guy F. Erb (former Dep­ and investment is being published in Mexico (PROFMEX) uty Director of the International Develop­ Spanish by El Colegio de Mexico. Volume II of the Inventory, published in December, 1982. listed 494 researchers in 36 different disciplines and included research ment and Cooperation Agency) $3.00. Funding for the U.S.-Mexico Project being done at institutions throughout the United States. Mexico. Australia . Germany. Italy. and Venezuela. • US. Immigration Policy A Mexican Guy Erb has been provided by the Tinker, Ford , Research in any of the following fields is appropriate for listing in the Inventory. Perspective of the Reagan Plan , by Jorge Rockefeller Brothers, Mellon, and Hewlett Bustamante (CEFNOMEX) $2 .00. Martinez (General Director of the National Foundations, the Bank of America, and • Mexican Studies (studies of Mexican history, politics. social structure. culture. the Mexican economy and economic development. • Central America. The Challenge to Center for Information and Statistics on PROFMEX. For additional information language, and other aspects of Mexican society and Mexico's public policies) American and Mexican Foreign Policy, by Labor at the Ministry of Labor and Social about the U.S.-Mexico Project and its • U.S.-Mexican Relations (contemporary and historical studies of economic. political . demographic. and cu ltural interactions Robert L. Ayres and Cathryn Thorup Welfare) $4.50. publications, contact Louise Fleischman, between Mexico and the United States) $3.00. • A Mexican View of US. Trade Pol­ Program Assistant, U.S.-Mexico Project, • Economic Interrelationships and icy, by Manuel Armendariz (Deputy Di­ Overseas Development Council, 1717 • Border Studies (contemporary and historical studies of the U.S.-Mexican borderlands. including economic development, social structure. culture, politics, and public policies of both countries which affect the border region) the Labor Market in Mexico, the United rector of IMCE, the Mexican Institute of Massachusetts Ave , NW, Washington, States, and Canada, by Ger6nimo Foreign Trade) and Eric Alvarez (Deputy D.C. 20036(202)234-8701 • Chicano Studies (the Chicano population and its relations with Mexico and Mexican immigrants in the United States) • Physical, Biological, Health, Agricultural, and Marine Sciences (as they relate to Mexico, U.S.-Mexican relations, and Mexican­ origin populations in the United States) UT Austin Accord Other objectives of the cooperative " Unique Features of Mexican Constitu­ agreement are tional Law" held in Austin , April 11-12, If you submitted an abstract of your research for publication in Volume I or Volume II of the Inventory, you will find attached a copy with UNAM 1983. Sponsored by llJ and OMS, the of your published abstract for each project listed. You may simply update this information by marking changes on that copy and • To increase the scientific-cultural rela­ program included five sessions on differ­ checking the appropriate boxes at the bottom of the questionnaire. If the published report does not include a project description or A formal agreement of scientific and cul­ tions between the Universidad Nacional ent aspects of Mexican law. llJ partici­ starting and ending dates, please add them . Future volumes of the Inventory will not list project reports which do not include this tural,cooperation was signed by President Aut6noma de Mexico and UT Austin. pants included Hector Fix-Zamudio, who information. Peter T. Flawn of The University of Texas • To promote and sponsor postgraduate spoke on "The Amparo"; Jorge Carpizo, If you have new projects to report, please use a separate questionnaire form for each project. Two copies of the questionnaire are at Austin and Octavio Rivero Serrano, studies which enhance the scientific who discussed " No Reelection"; and enclosed for your use. Please pass along any copies that you do not need to interested colleagues or graduate students who are Rector of the Universidad Nacional and technological progress of graduate Jorge Madrazo, who gave a paper enti­ completing dissertations on relevant topics. Additional copies of the questionnaire can be obtained by writing to the Center for Aut6noma de Mexico, on March 11 at cer­ students, as well as the educational and tled " Concept of Property and the Sub­ U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego (Q-060). La Jolla, CA 92093, U.SA (Tel. 619-452-4503). You may report emonies in Mexico City. "The academic research duties of both universities. soil. " In addition, llJ's Braulio Ramirez your research on photocopies of the questionnaire, but please be sure to submit your report in duplicate. agreement will provide an umbrella for As a beginning of intellectual coop­ treated the topic of "Syndicalism" while Please do not use the Inventory questionnaire to report on non-research activities such as conference or workshop several specific projects and undertak­ eration , the signing ceremonies were fol­ Gerardo Gil presented an analysis of announcements, instructional exchange programs, clinical treatment programs, or Mexico-related courses which you may teach. If ings in a wide range of fields," said Stan­ lowed by an academic session . Stanley "Agrarian Reform and the Ejido " such an activity contains a research component, please write up that component as a "research project," indicating that it is part of a coordinator of the Office for ley R. Ross, Ross spoke on the subject of "The larger program that includes non-research activities. Mexican Studies (OMS) at UT. Ross and a Mexican Constitution in Historic Perspec­ delegation of other UT scholars accom­ tive," and Jorge Carpizo, Director of the You may list research projects that are currently underway, projected to begin in the near future (e.g., pending a funding decision), panied President Flawn to Mexico City for lnstituto de lnvestigaciones Juridicas (llJ), or completed within the last two years. the ceremonies, which were held at delivered a talk entitled " Unique Aspects If you submit an abstract for publication, you wil l receive, at no charge, a copy of Volume Ill of the Inventory as well as information UNAM. of Mexican Constitutional Law." on future issues. By submitting your abstract prior to June 30, 1983, you can receive a complimentary copy of Volume II as well. While the two universities have had In addition to Flawn and Ross , the UT UT Austin's Stanley continuing relationships between specific delegation included Gerhard Fonken, Ross Honored Sincerely, areas of study in the past, there has been Vice President for Academic Affairs and no over-all agreement of cooperation until Research; William Livingston, Vice Pres­ Stanley R. Ross, professor of history at now. A campus coordinator and a series ident and Dean of Graduate Studies; Wil­ UT Austin , has been named an Ashbel of sub-coordinators will be appointed on liam Glade, Director of the Institute for Smith Professor by the UT System Board w~~ each campus- scholars who will explore Latin American Studies; Rudolfo de la of Regents The Board of Regents in 1963 the possibilities for cooperation. The Garza, Director of Mexican American authorized the designation of 10 profes­ zne liu' ,4 agreement encourages the exchange of Studies; and Wayne Holtzman, President sors at UT Austin as Ash be I Smith Profes­ academic personnel between the institu­ of the UT System Hogg Foundation for sors. The number was increased to 15 by tions through their educational and re­ Mental Health. Regental action in 1980. The awards are R;cacdo A A~ 7- search departments. It also promotes joint One of the first efforts under the made to outstanding faculty members for Co-Editors, International Inventory research work and publication exchange. agreement was a joint symposium, distinguished service to the university. of Current Mexico-Related Research . I 21 INTERNATIONAL INVENTORY OF CURRENT MEXICO-RELATED RESEARCH Ross joined the UT Austin faculty in University of Huichol Art 1968 where he has served in several ad­ PLEASE TYPE-EN INGLES 0 ESPANOL LIST ONLY ONE PROJECT PER QUESTIONNAIRE ministrative posts and is currently the co­ Houston Mexican Preview Exhibit ordinator of both the Mexico-Un ited States RESEARCHERS' NAMES AND ADDRESSES. PLEASE LIST ONE USEABLE ADDRESS FOR EACH. Legal Studies Border Research Prog ram and the Office May 2 marked the preview exhibit of Principal Researcher:------Discipline: ______Huichol Indian yarn paintings which will for Mexican Studies (OMS) He has been a The University of Houston (UH) Law Cen­ begin a European tour June 16 in Amster­ Department/School: ------­ leader in the movement to improve re la­ ter in cooperation with the Universidad dam. The preview reception, held at the tions between Mexi can and United States Panamericana (U P) in Mexi co City is offer­ University or other institution:------Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, was scholars and institutions and is a founding ing a Mexican Legal Stu dies Program in hosted by Los Angeles Mexican Consul City: ______State: ______Postal Code: _____ member of the Th e Consortium of Re­ Mexico City, May 30-July 1, 1983. The General and Mrs. Javier Escobar and Mr. search Prog rams for Mexico (PROFMEX). Program is directed by Stephen Zamora Collaborating Researcher: Discipline: ______and Mrs. George White of Beverly Hill s. Ross, a leading authority on the history of (UH Vi siting Fulbright Fe ll ow at UNAM) Representing UC MEXU S at the gala D check here if Department/School: ------­ Mexico in the twentieth century, is autho r, and includes the fol lowing faculty: Jose researcher is event were James W. Wilkie, Edna co-author, or editor of more than 15 Bracamonte (UH), Richard Buxbaum co-principal University or other institution:------Monz6n de Wilkie, and Susan scholarly books in Eng li sh and Spanish. (UCB), Jorge Camil (UP) , and Guillermo Schroeder. City: State: Postal Code: _____ In a separate action, Texas Governor Floris Margadant (UNAM). In January, exh ibition director John PLEASE LIST ADDITIONAL COLLABORATING RESEARCHERS ON A CONTINUATION SHEET. PLEASE GIVE A COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS Mark White appointed Ross to an immi­ Classes wi ll be held at the UP's com­ H. Bowles and Mexican scholar and FOR EACH PERSON_ INDICATE CO-PRINCIPAL RESEARCHERS WITH AN ASTERISK. gration task force that will study the immi­ plex in Colonia Mixcoac and involve such writer Juan Negrin visited Ludwig PROJECT TITLE: ______g ration question, particularly th e problem courses as Introduction to the Mexican Lauerhass, Jr., Wilkie, and Schroeder at of illegal aliens. He wil l serve with Ray Legal System, Legal Aspects of Trade and PROJECT DESCRIPTION: GOALS, RESEARCH QUESTIONS/ HYPOTHESES, METHODOLOGY, DATA SOURCES. (YOU MUST SUBMIT A UCLA's Latin American Center and dis­ Marshall, the Bernard Rapoport Centen­ Investment in Mexico, Mexican Immigra­ PROJECT DESCRIPTION. USE ONLY THE SPACE PROVIDED. IF YOU USE ACRONYMS, PLEASE PROVIDE FULL TITLES ON A CONTINUATION cussed the possibility of a Los Angeles­ SHEET.) nial Professor of Economics and Public Af­ tion and Law Policy, and U. S. and based exhibit upon the return of the fairs at UT Austin, on the 26-person task Mexican Laws Affecting International Huichol collection to the United States. A force th at is charged with making recom­ Banking . catalog featuring the artworks as well as a mendations and d rafting proposals and The program, founded as part of the cultural and historical su rvey of the suggestions for th e Governor. UH Law Center in 1968, is accredited by Huichol was also considered. the American Bar Association and the As­ The exh ibit consists of 50 tablas sociation of American Law Schools. In wh ich vary in size from 16 inches square past years, UH has helped law students to to 4 by 8 feet. These tablas are actuall y Society for Applied obtain clerkships with Mexican law firms expanded, elaborated versions of Huichol after completion of the Program. Although Anthropology artifacts c reated by the Huichol on tradi­ the permanent practice of law by non­ tional religious pilgrimages. On these Meeting Mexican citizens is restricted, such edu­ journeys, peyote is ingested and the sub­ cational clerkships are permissible. sequent hall ucinogenic experience pro­ The Society for Applied Anthropology held The program is open to any American duces exotic, mystical visions-many of its 1983 Ann ual Meeting in San Diego, law student in good standing having which are reflected in the yarn drawings. March 17-19. The theme of the conference completed 30 semester hours or 45 quar­ The Huichol are a group of indige­ was " Immigration." Twenty-four separate ter hours of law study approved by the nous peoples li ving in the Sierra Madre sessions directly focused on various as­ American Bar Association . The applicant Occidental of Jalisco and Nayarit, Mexico. pects of migration. Panel titles included must submit a letter of permission to at­ In part because of their isolation the "Southeast Asian Migration and Ethn icity tend the program from the law school Huichol have retained many of their KEY WORDS. List no more than three words which best describe your research project: in Californ ia," "Race, Class, Gender A regularly attended. The program is also unique cultu ral features, particularly lin­ Comparison of Caribbean and Mexican open to a limited number of graduate stu ­ guistic and religious elements. Migrants to the United States," and "The dents in other disciplines, provided their Negrin hopes to bui ld support in STATUS OF PROJECT (YOU MUST MAKE AN ENTRY ON EACH OF THESE LIN ES) San Diego-Tijuana Border Context. " In­ schools accept the summer courses for order to permanently install the artworks in quiries on papers and participants should c redit. a cultural center for the Foundation for the (month/year begun or pro­ (month/year ended or pro­ be directed to Dan Whitney, Department For more information contact: Preservation of Traditional and Sacred Art jected to begin) jected to end or "ongoing") of Anthropology, San Diego State Univer­ Mexican Legal Studies Program, Law of the Huichol. The foundation is a sity, San Diego, CA 92182. Center, University of Houston, Houston , SOURCES OF SUPPORT ______Mexican institution that he and a number The keynote speaker was Rep. TX 77004. PUBLICATIONS RESULTING OR PROJECTED (PLEASE LIST NO MORE THAN THREE AND GIVE COMPLETE CITATIONS. DO NOT ABBREVIATE Romano Mazzoli (D KY), cosponsor of of Huichol have established with the help JOURNAL TITLES.): the pending federal reform s of the Immi­ of Cultural Su rvival, Inc , a non-profit or­ gration and Nationality Act. Serious con­ LASA Mexico Congress ganization based in Cambridge, Massa­ chusetts. cerns we re raised on the extent and effec­ The Latin American Stu dies Associa­ Also helping Negrin with his work are tiveness of the proposed amnesty provi­ tion has announced that room rates at the Friends of the Huichol Culture, Inc , of sions as well as on the need for an H-2 the Fiesta Palace Hotel for the Sep­ program Rep. Mazzo Ii stated that despite Berkeley, California. tember 29-0ctober 1 International Individuals or groups interested in the "pimples and warts," the reforms will Congress have been lowered from be a step forward. Not su rprisingly, the is­ more information about the exhibit may $50 to $36 (plus tax) fo r single or contact John H. Bowles (213) 276-9902. sues were still unresolved at the end of the double occupancy This special rate This project should be listed under the following category (please specify a single major area): question and answer period. applies before and after the congress D Mexican Studies D U.S.-Mexican Relations D Border Studies D Chicano Studies D Please reprint abstract for those LASA members who wish to D Physical Sciences D Biological Sciences D Health Sciences D Marine Sciences as previously published spend more time in Mexico. D Agricultural Sciences D Other (specify): ______D Please reprint abstract More than 50 sessions at the with changes marked congress will be devoted to Mexico­ PLEASE MAIL TOP TWO COPIES TO: re lated subjects. MARTA TORRES-RE ILLY, PUBLICATIONS COORDINATOR CENTER FOR U.S. -MEX ICAN STUDIES (Q.-060). UNIVERSITY OF CALI FORNIA. SAN DIEGO LA JOLLA. CALIFORNIA 92093. U.S A 22

UA Summer Tinker de Guadalaja1 a (UAG) recently cele­ BSUCLA JOINS brated th e tenth anniversary of their con­ Award venio which provides for the annual ex­ WITH PROFMEX change of two journalism students from Mexico-related research ranks promi­ each institution. A commemorative con­ In April, the Border States Consortium on nently among the projects funded by the ference held in Guadalajara on March 15, Latin America (BSUCLA) held its annual University of Arizona' s Latin American Area 1983, included the following lectures meeti ng in conjunction with the Rocky Center 1983 Tinker Summer Fi eld Re­ "Algunas particularidades en la docencia Mountain Council on Latin Ameri can Stud­ search Grant program. Among the recipi­ de la comunicaci6n," by Silviano ies meetings in Park City, Utah, and voted ents for Sonora are Roberta Baer (An­ Hernandez (Director of Journalism at unanimously to disband the organization thropology) who wi ll continue her investi­ UAG), "Cambios en los tipos de in order to allow member institutions to gation of the social and cultural factors in­ propiedad de peri6dicos," by Abe Cha­ devote their re sources and energies to fluencing food consumption patterns, nin (UA, Journ alism), and "La pren sa y el PROFMEX. Susan Bojorquez de Yensen (N utrition gobierno en los EUA," by Donald W. Car­ BSUCLA was founded in 1969 by the and Food Science) who will carry out son (UA, Journali sm) The conference presidents of San Diego State University halophyte research, and Eric Monke and was also attended by UAG's Rector, Luis (SDSU), the University of Arizona (U A), Michael Wise (Agricultural Economics) Garibay G., and UA President Henry The University of New Mexico (UNM), and who will investigate causes and conse­ Koffler. The proceedings were published the University of Te xas at El Paso (UTEP). quences of international technology trans­ in UAG's publication, Antorcha (No. 369, Their goal was to unite th eir institutions in fer. From the Office of Arid Lands Studies. March 13, 1983). projects fostering teaching and re search Adolfo Chavez Rodriguez and Eric Mel­ re lated to Latin America in general and to link will study geohydrological conditions the U.S.-Mexican border in parti cular as in central Chihuahua and the faunal di­ ffistoria Mexicana we ll as to sponsor collaborative enter­ versity associated with agricultural sys­ prises among the members. Four other tems in San Luis Potosi, respectively. Subscription institutions subsequently joined BSUCLA Others receiving awards for Mexico Campaign UCSD, Arizona State University (ASU), are Donald Frischmann (Spanish) to New Mexico State University (NMSU), and study popular theater in Mexico Ci ty, Ben The Centro de Estu dios Hist6ricos of El Pan American University (PAU). 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Livingston outstanding scholars of Mexican an d Latin search by individual scholars and groups Sutro received a grant for a study of mal­ Ameri can history have made this publi ca­ within the consortium. nutrition and ruminant production in tion a necessary research tool for those in­ At the April 15 meeting, BS UCLA rep­ Oaxaca. Thoric Cederstrom (Bureau of terested in Mexico. resentatives (Jerry Ladman, AS U; Louis Applied Research in Anthropology) will Members of the editorial board in­ R. Sadler, NMSU; Chad Richardson, also be in Oaxaca, examining how folk be­ c lude Carlos Sempat Assadourian, Jan PAU; Thomas M. Davies, SDSU; Theo liefs influence the use of agri cultural tech­ Bazant, Romana Falcon, Bernardo Crevenna, UNM, and Susan Deeds, UA nology. Garcia, Moises Gonzalez Navarro, presiding) heard PROFMEX presi- Alicia Hernandez Chavez, Andres Lira, dent James W. 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