America Through Foreign Eyes - Castañedaa, Jorge G
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America through Foreign Eyes is written for Americans by a foreigner who has lived, studied, worked and dealt with America for half a century. In these pages, Jorge G. Castañeda seeks to reflect upon some of the more salient features of the country. He considers the observations of other foreigners, from Dickens to Naipaul, and identifies aspects of the U.S. that were not touched upon by these authors. As a former Foreign Minister of Mexico, Castañeda brings a different viewpoint to issues ranging from purported American exceptionalism, uniformity, race and religion, culture, immigration, and…mehr

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America through Foreign Eyes is written for Americans by a foreigner who has lived, studied, worked and dealt with America for half a century. In these pages, Jorge G. Castañeda seeks to reflect upon some of the more salient features of the country. He considers the observations of other foreigners, from Dickens to Naipaul, and identifies aspects of the U.S. that were not touched upon by these authors. As a former Foreign Minister of Mexico, Castañeda brings a different viewpoint to issues ranging from purported American exceptionalism, uniformity, race and religion, culture, immigration, and the death penalty. Ultimately, he describes the United States' arduous and successful road to modernity, and the construction of what can justly be called an American civilization.
Autorenporträt
Jorge G. Castañeda was Foreign Minister of Mexico from 2000 to 2003. In 1997, he was appointed Global Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies at New York University. He has been a Member of the Board of Human Rights Watch since 2003. In April 2008, Castañeda was elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and International Member of the American Philosophical Society. He has more than 15 books published in the United States and elsewhere, including Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara.