The North American Idea [Elektronisk resurs] A Vision of a Continental Future.

• Cover; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface: Memoir of a North Americanist; Acknowledgments; Part I: Should We Fear North America?; 1. A Piñata for Pandering Pundits and Politicians; 2. The Genetic Code of North America; 3. Who Speaks for North America?; Part II: Trespassing; 4. Transcending the Borders; 5. Speed Bumps, Potholes, and Roadblocks on the North American Superhighway; Part III: The North American Advantage; 6. A North American Community: A Vision; 7. New Policies for North America's Twenty-First Century: A Blueprint; Appendix: Additional Tables and Figures on North America; Notes. 
• Bibliography on North AmericaIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. 

• In its first seven years, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tripled trade and quintupled foreign investment among the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, increasing its share of the world economy. In 2001, however, North America peaked. Since then, trade has slowed among the three, manufacturing has shrunk, and illegal migration and drug-related violence have soared. At the same time, Europe caught up, and China leaped ahead. In The North American Idea, eminent scholar and policymaker Robert A. Pastor explains that NAFTA's mandate was too limited to address the new North American agenda. I 

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Free trade  -- North America. (LCSH)

Canada. Treaties, etc. 1992 Oct. 7. 

Free trade -- North America. 

Motion picture actors and actresses --Political activity --United States --History --20th century. 

Motion picture industry --United States --Influence. 

Motion picture producers and directors --Political activity --United States --History --20th century. 

North America -- Economic integration. 

United States --Politics and government --20th century. 

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HF1746 .P373 2011 (LCC)

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