05603nam 2200397 a 450 99624827170331620211112215407.00520900774 (E-Book)(dli)HEB90008(CKB)3790000000010177(EXLCZ)99379000000001017720021219d2002 uy 0engurmnummmmuuuuEmpire and revolution[electronic resource] the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War /John Mason HartBerkeley ; Los AngelesUniversity of California Pressc2002ACLS Humanities E-BookCaption title; description based on screen of 2002-12-19.Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --EndpieceEmpire and RevolutionAmericansMexicoHistoryInvestments, AmericanMexicoHistoryNationalismMexicoHistoryUnited StatesRelationsMexicoMexicoRelationsUnited StatesAmericansHistory.Investments, AmericanHistory.NationalismHistory.Hart John M(John Mason),1935-127269American Council of Learned Societies.MiUBOOK996248271703316Empire and revolution2314763UNISA02390nam 2200601Ia 450 991078843480332120230725045920.01-283-14222-81-4438-2768-19786613142221(CKB)3360000000431435(EBL)1165645(SSID)ssj0000543610(PQKBManifestationID)12210932(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543610(PQKBWorkID)10548740(PQKB)10164653(MiAaPQ)EBC1165645(Au-PeEL)EBL1165645(CaPaEBR)ebr10648428(CaONFJC)MIL314222(OCoLC)840106294(EXLCZ)99336000000043143520101124d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ethics of consent and choice in prenatal screening[electronic resource] /by Eleanor MilliganNewcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub.20111 online resource (252 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-2648-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; EPILOGUE; REFERENCES; INDEXIncreasingly, notions of individual autonomy, personal ""choice"" and preference have become woven into our reproductive expectations. With respect to prenatal screening, the choices sought, offered or denied are shaped and interpreted through a range of soPrenatal diagnosisMoral and ethical aspectsInformed consent (Medical law)Moral and ethical aspectsGenetic screeningMoral and ethical aspectsPrenatal diagnosisMoral and ethical aspects.Informed consent (Medical law)Moral and ethical aspects.Genetic screeningMoral and ethical aspects.174.29824618.32Milligan Eleanor1560143MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788434803321The ethics of consent and choice in prenatal screening3825849UNINA