Mexico City. Largest city
Description
This program defines Mexico City's globalization in terms of winners and losers, examining how, in the world's largest metropolis, immigration challenges are linked to poverty and population influx from surrounding rural areas. Contrasting the city's high-tech facilities and fashionable neighborhoods with its sprawling slums and their struggling inhabitants, the program outlines the relationship between foreign investment and the worldwide need for cheap labor, which Mexico and its indigenous peoples readily supply. Glimpses into a tech-savvy youth culture and the persistent Zapatista movement reinforce the capital's nickname: City of Contrasts.
Runtime
26 min
Series
- Global Cities: Immigration and the World Economy (6)
- South-Western Introduction to Business DOD Collection (50) (38)
Subjects
- Social change (532)
- Cultural geography (235)
- Urbanization (175)
- Globalization (272)
- Rural-urban migration (144)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2006], c2004
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
https://www.remote.uwosh.edu/login?url=https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102638&xtid=34174
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