• Introduction / Michael J. Boskin
• 1. NAFTA: from conception to creation
• 2. Mexico and Canada before and after NAFTA
• 3. The new North America
• 4. Evaluating the effects of NAFTA
• 5. North American energy
• 6. NAFTA's next twenty years and lessons for future trade liberalization.

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was bold and controversial from the start. When first conceived, it was far from obvious that it would be possible given the circumstances of the times. Drawing from a December 2013 Hoover Institution conference on NAFTA at 20, this book brings together distinguished academics who have studied the effects of NAFTA with high-level policy makers to present a comprehensive view of the North American Free Trade Agreement. It looks at the conception, creation, outcomes so far, and the future of NAFTA from the perspective of economists, historians, and the aforementioned policy makers in the words of those who actually participated in the negotiations and research. In the context of the fundamental economic and political transformation of North America, they discuss the trade, real wage, and welfare gains that NAFTA has produced for the United States, Mexico, and Canada, along with a review of the major energy markets within and among the three countries. They include lessons from NAFTA for the future, both for NAFTA itself and for other trade agreements, and stress the importance of political leadership and providing information on the benefits of trade liberalization to voters and potentially ill-informed politicians who hear most loudly from the opponents.
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• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction
• 1. The Material Turn
• 2. The State in Commerce
• 3. Visual Politics and Shanghai Glamour
• 4. The Clock and the Compound
• 5. Enlightened Paternalism
• 6. Petty Urbanites and Tales of Woe
• 7. From Patriarchs to Capitalists Epilogue: The Return of the Banker Notes Bibliography Glossary Index.
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Rich with details of everyday life, this multifaceted social and cultural history of China's leading metropolis in the twentieth century offers a kaleidoscopic view of Shanghai as the major site of Chinese modernization. Engaging the entire span of Shanghai's modern history from the Opium War to the eve of the Communist takeover in 1949, Wen-hsin Yeh traces the evolution of a dazzling urban culture that became alternately isolated from and intertwined with China's tumultuous history. Looking in particular at Shanghai's leading banks, publishing enterprises, and department stores, she sketches the rise of a new maritime and capitalist economic culture among the city's middle class. Making extensive use of urban tales and visual representations, the book captures urbanite voices as it uncovers the sociocultural dynamics that shaped the people and their politics.
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• Structural changes and domestic reforms in Singapore / Hank Lim
• Asia-Japan co-operation toward East Asian integration / Hadi Soesastro
• The impact of external changes and Japan's role in industrializing Thailand / Somkiat Tangkitvanich and Deunden Nikomborirak
• Confronting regionalism in Asia / Gwendolyn R. Tecson
• Japan's role in ASEAN-10 under globalization / Ryokichi Hirono.