Empire and revolution [[electronic resource] ] : the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War / / John Mason Hart

• Record Nr.: UNISA996248271703316
• Autore: Hart John M (John Mason), <1935->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley ; Los Angeles, : University of California Press, c2002
• ISBN: 0520900774 (E-Book)
• Collana: ACLS Humanities E-Book
• Soggetti: Americans - Mexico - History; Investments, American - Mexico - History; Nationalism - Mexico - History; United States Relations Mexico; Mexico Relations United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Caption title; description based on screen of 2002-12-19.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Part I: The Rise of American Influence, 1865-1876 -- Chapter 1: Arms and Capital -- Intro -- Arms for Mexico -- Plans for a Capitalist Economy -- The Richest Man in Texas -- Distrust and Animosity -- Power of the Plenipotentiary -- The Concessionaires -- Politics of Subjugation -- Culture Joins Capital -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: Rival Concessionaires -- Intro -- Concessions Gained -- The Race to Mexico City -- A Legacy of Conflict -- Díaz's Revolution -- Conclusion -- Part II: The Díaz Regime, 1876-1910 -- Chapter 3: Ubiquitous Financiers -- Intro -- Recognizing the New Regime -- A New Era of American Influence -- Preeminent Financier -- A Great Game -- Financial Bonds with Britain -- The Panama Project -- The First Global Bank -- Interlinking Operations -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Building the Railroads -- Intro -- New Concessions -- The Limits of Private Capital -- Reaching Mexico City -- Consolidation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil -- Intro -- The Mexican Comstock -- Mining Impresarios -- High Technology and Danger Pay -- Forming a Copper Trust -- The Strength of Foreign Interests -- The Oilmen -- Transitory Benefits -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Absentee Landlords -- Intro -- Denouncing the Land -- Surveying Rural Mexico ; -- Corruption and Chicanery -- Control from Afar -- Ignorance and Arrogance -- Coffee, Sugar, and Rubber -- Contested Profits -- Defrauding American Investors -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Resident American Elite -- Intro -- The McCaughan Investment Company -- Commerce and Industry -- Opportunity and Antagonism -- Discrepancies of Wealth and Power -- A Woman's Perspective -- A Tradition of Inequity -- Mexican Labor on American Plantations -- Cooperation in Campeche -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Boomers, Sooners, and Settlers -- Intro -- An Influx of Immigrants -- Mormon Colonies -- Colonies in Urban Settings -- Promoting the Land for Colonization -- Profitable Vice and Wholesome Occupations -- The Transformation of Mexico -- Prelude to Revolution -- Conclusion -- Part III: The Years of Revolution, 1910-1940 -- Chapter 9: Mexico for the Mexicans -- Intro -- Americans Caught in the Middle -- No Free Labor -- Rise of the Orozquistas -- Attacks against the Estates -- The Fate of Settlers and Colonists -- International Syndicates -- Carranza's Revolution -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Interventions and Firestorms -- Intro -- The Invasion of Veracruz -- Forming the Alliance against Germany -- Revolutionary Nationalism -- Violence near the Border -- The Punitive Expedition -- Black Gold -- Close of an Era -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Crisis in the New Regime -- Intro -- An Era of Reform -- Seizures and Foreclosures -- A Renewed Attack on Laguna -- Losing Everything -- Labor Disputes and the Cristero War -- Paracaidistas, Dives, and Bistros -- Altering the Image of the Revolution -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Nationalization of Land and Industry -- Intro -- Sweeping Out the Americans -- Gaining Control of Coasts and Borders -- Confrontation in Campeche -- Reform in Chihuahua -- Further Foreclosures -- Mineral Losses -- Growing Closer -- Conclusion -- Part IV: The Reencounter, 1940-2000 -- Chapter 13: Cooperation and Accommodation -- Intro -- Last Days for Laguna -- Strategic Acapulco -- A Working Relationship with American Industry -- New Resilience for American Interests -- Continuing Agrarian Challenges -- The Cuban Crisis -- The Integration of Popular Culture -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Return of the American Financiers -- Intro -- American Capital and Mexican Debt -- Free Trade -- Collapse and Bailout -- American Maquiladoras -- Return of the Zapatistas -- Drugs, Thugs, and Law Enforcement -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Mexico in the New World Order -- Intro -- Benefits of a Debacle -- The Neo-Porfirian Economy -- Pemex and National Ownership -- Profits from Labor and Land -- Resources on the Endangered List -- Powerful Foreigners and Domestic Elites -- Maneuvers in Chiapas -- Culture and Religion -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Endpiece