Transcript Empire and the Origins of Twentieth-Century Migration from Mexico to the United States.

Empire and the Origins of
Twentieth-Century Migration
from Mexico to the United States
Empire and the origins
• What is the author’s main idea? P. 3
Mexico and the U.S. Model of
Empire Boulding
• According to the author, what defined U.
S. relations with the rest of the world
throughout the 20th century? P. 4
• Why did the use launch the War of 1898?
• What historical events were in Mexico’s
history were decided by U.S economic
power?
The Push and Pull Thesis
• What is the “push and pull” theory? Pp. 45
• How did Chicanos viewed this theory?
• What is wrong with this theory, according
to the author?
• What is “absent in the discusssion?
Economic Conquest: Porfirian
Mexico, 1888-1910
• What does the reader need to understand
about Porfirian Mexico’s economy and the
“push”? Pp. 6-7
• What was the cry for “all of Mexico” about?
• Why were railroads important?
Internal Migration: the First Steps
Toward Emigration
• How did the railroad benefit the
“haciendias”. Pp. 7-10
• What were the consequences of turning
into an export based economy?
• Why did cities in mexico beging to grow?
• What did Gonzalez Navarro observe?
• What was the other side of demographic
shift?
Migration and emigration
• What logical conclusion can the reader
make from the charts on p. 10 ?
• What about railroads and migration?
Recent Refinements to Push-Pull
• What is the “agency” theory? Pp. 11-12
• What does the “segmented labor market
model” theory emphasize?
• How does the “third model” explain
migration?
• What is the world system’s model?
• Why does the author disagree with the
world system model theory?
Ebb and flow of migration
• What explains economic pattern of
migration?
The current cycle
• What characterizes the current cycle of
investment? P. 14
The maquiladora Program
• What conclusion can the reader draw from
the chart on p. 15?
NAFTA
• WHAT IS NAFTA?
• HOW DOES NAFTA AFECT MIGRATION?
Conclusion
• What are the author’s conclusions as far
as the impact of investment capital, the
“push and pull” theory and migration?