Abstract

The Two Mexicos

The article presents information about the books "Mexico and Her Foreign Creditors," by Edgar Turlington and "The Genius of Mexico," edited by Hubert C. Herring and Katherine Terrill. There are two Mexicos. There is that member of the family of nations whose bonds sell at fifteen cents on the dollar, whose credit in international finance is nigh nil, whose fiscal history but for a brief interlude is that of unbalanced budgets, of repeated but unavailing efforts to fulfil its pecuniary obligations. And there is that domain of incredible beauty and mystery, of purple mountain and golden desert, of warm sunlight and warm-hearted people, of canyon and cactus, of costume and craftsmanship, land of eternal snows, burning mesa, and lush jungle. Both these Mexicos have undergone study by cooperative enterprises.