Mexico: Inside the Volcano

by Alan Riding

This is a full examination of Mexico, exploring all aspects of this unique and important country. It looks at Mexican history, and the diversity of its racial and cultural make-up. The author also analyzes the political and economic situation, including the population explosion and the oil boom. Overall, it presents a picture of a country of tantalizing paradoxes, whose prosperity and stability are threatened by the gathering pressure of her domestic conditions. Alan Riding has been a Latin American correspondent for "The Economist" and "The Financial Times", and for six years was Bureau Chief of "The New York Times" in Mexico.

Genres: Travel

405 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1987

About the author

ALAN RIDING is a Brazilian-born Briton who studied economics and law before becoming a journalist and writer. Working successively for Reuters, The Financial Times, The Economist and The New York Times, he reported from the United Nations in New York, Latin America and Western Europe. During much of his career, Riding covered political and economic affairs. During the final 12 years before he retired from journalism in 2007, he was the European cultural correspondent for The New York Times, based in Paris. In 1980, Riding was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize by Columbia University for his coverage of Latin America and he has also been honored by the Overseas Press Club and the Latin American Studies Association in the United States. He is author of the best-selling book, "Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the Mexicans," and co-author of "Essential Shakespeare Handbook" and "Opera." His most recent book, published in 2010, is "And The Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris." It has since also been published in French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Polish.