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 revolution2314763UNISA