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August 21, 2008
The Five Nations of Mexico
Shawn came across this, and I thought that some readers might find it interesting.
It is a concept by Louis Casagrande adapted to a web-based format by Mark Healy, a professor of both economics and geography at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, and it discusses the idea that Mexico, consists of five distinct nations: Metromex (Mexico City, the DF and the state of Mexico), Mexamerica (the northern border region), South Mexico (along the southern border), New Spain (the colonial center), and Club Mex (the tourist capitals on the coast such as Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco and Cancun).
Yeah, Healy's HTML could be a bit more refined and Casagrande's "nation" names seem as imaginative as fish on Friday, but it is still an interesting read. You will find that a lot of the links have expired, but the basic descriptions hold pretty true.
Posted by crispy at August 21, 2008 06:51 PM