You are warmly invited to the last Great Decisions community discussion this Fri., April 12! Jeremy Baskes, professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University, will present “The United States and Mexico: Partnership Tested” at noon in the Fellowship Hall of William Street United Methodist Church, 28 W. William St., Delaware. Baskes earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is a specialist in the colonial economic history of Mexico. He is author of the books “Indians, Merchants and Markets: A Reinterpretation of the Repartimiento and Spanish Indian Economic Relations in Late Colonial Oaxaca, Mexico, 1750–1821” and “Staying Afloat: Trade and Uncertainty in Spanish Atlantic World Trade, 1760–1820.”
Attendees are welcome to bring a brown-bag lunch. Complimentary coffee and tea will be provided. Following the discussion, participants will have the option of completing a survey, prepared by the Foreign Policy Association, to add their opinions to thousands of others across the nation. Survey results will be sent to executive and legislative policymakers in Washington, D.C.
The Great Decisions Discussion Program, a free community discussion series, is designed to encourage debate and discussion of the role of the United States in world affairs. The program provides materials that help people reach informed opinions on issues and encourages them to participate in the foreign-policy process.
Learn more at www.facebook.com/greatdecisionsdeloh. Contact Corinne Lyman at cclyman@owu.edu with any questions.