John A. Adams

x, 458 p. : 25 cm

Banking and investment in Mexico have changed radically over the past decade, and the economic events that prompted these changes will have a significant impact on Mexico's role in regional and world financial markets. Adams traces the evolution of Mexico's banking and investment activities, reviews current conditions and their implications for future investment opportunities in Mexico, and makes clear that what happens to Mexico's economy and political stability will have major implications for what happens elsewhere in the world. This is one of the first books to look at banking and investment in Mexico after the peso crash of 1994-1995, containing a highly detailed bibliography and notes. Adams' study will be important reading for international business, finance, and investment professionals as well as for their colleagues with similar interests throughout the academic community.

"John A. Adams, Jr. provides the first-ever panoramic business and economic history of Laredo. He traces the evolution of the region from its early days as a ranching center into the mid-twentieth century, when Laredo had become what it remains today: a booming port of trade and a principal center of commerce and financial services on the southern border of the United States." "In Commerce and Conflict on the Rio Grande: Laredo, 1755-1955, Adams demonstrates how the increasingly diversified economy of the region fed the fortunes of the city through periods of expansion and dispute alike. His narrative, buttressed throughout by tables and statistics, paints a vivid mural of both the abstract forces and the farsighted and ambitious individuals that combined to bring prosperity to this unique city of the border. Readers will find a wealth of insights into regional economics, history, and borderlands themes."--Jacket.