LEADER 06023nam 22007214a 450 001 9910822852303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-90077-4 010 $a1-282-35825-1 010 $a9786612358258 010 $a0-520-93929-8 010 $a1-59734-593-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520939295 035 $a(CKB)111087027176508 035 $a(EBL)223617 035 $a(OCoLC)52842698 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000146170 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155722 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146170 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10182078 035 $a(PQKB)11009853 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056064 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC223617 035 $a(DE-B1597)519940 035 $a(OCoLC)1114825946 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520939295 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL223617 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10048964 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235825 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027176508 100 $a20010503d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmpire and revolution $ethe Americans in Mexico since the Civil War /$fJohn Mason Hart 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (722 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-24671-3 311 0 $a0-520-22324-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 607-638) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Imperial Ambition --$t1. Arms And Capital --$t2. Rival Concessionaires --$t3. Ubiquitous Financiers --$t4. Building The Railroads --$t5. Silver, Copper, Gold, And Oil --$t6. Absentee Landlords --$t7. Resident American Elite --$t8. Boomers, Sooners, And Settlers --$t9. Mexico For The Mexicans --$t10. Interventions And Firestorms --$t11. Crisis In The New Regime --$t12. Nationalization Of Land And Industry --$t13. Cooperation And Accommodation --$t14. Return Of The American Financiers --$t15. Mexico In The New World Order --$tConclusion: Imperial America --$tEndpiece --$tAppendix 1. Partial List Of American Landholdings And Ownership In Mexico, 100,000 Acres And More, 1910-1913 --$tAppendix 2. Partial List Of American Properties Of More Than 100,000 Acres Or Of Special Significance, Derived Via Government Portions Of Land Surveys Or From The Land Survey Companies, 1876-1910 --$tAppendix 3. American Banking Syndicates Formed To Render Financial Support To Britain And Her Allies During World War I, September 1914-April 1917 --$tNotes On Archival Sources --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe deep relationship between the United States and Mexico has had repercussions felt around the world. This sweeping and unprecedented chronicle of the economic and social connections between the two nations opens a new window onto history from the Civil War to today and brilliantly illuminates the course of events that made the United States a global empire. The Mexican Revolution, Manifest Destiny, World War II, and NAFTA are all part of the story, but John Mason Hart's narrative transcends these moments of economic and political drama, resonating with the themes of wealth and power. Combining economic and historical analysis with personal memoirs and vivid descriptions of key episodes and players, Empire and Revolution is based on substantial amounts of previously unexplored source material. Hart excavated recently declassified documents in the archives of the United States government and traveled extensively in rural Mexico to uncover the rich sources for this gripping story of 135 years of intervention, cooperation, and corruption.Beginning just after the American Civil War, Hart traces the activities of an elite group of financiers and industrialists who, sensing opportunities for wealth to the south, began to develop Mexico's infrastructure. He charts their activities through the pivotal regime of Porfirio Díaz, when Americans began to gain ownership of Mexico's natural resources, and through the Mexican Revolution, when Americans lost many of their holdings in Mexico. Hart concentrates less on traditional political history in the twentieth century and more on the hidden interactions between Americans and Mexicans, especially the unfolding story of industrial production in Mexico for export to the United States. Throughout, this masterful narrative illuminates the development and expansion of the American railroad, oil, mining, and banking industries. Hart also shows how the export of the "American Dream" has shaped such areas as religion and work attitudes in Mexico.Empire and Revolution reveals much about the American psyche, especially the compulsion of American elites toward wealth, global power, and contact with other peoples, often in order to "save" them. These characteristics were first expressed internationally in Mexico, and Hart shows that the Mexican experience was and continues to be a prototype for U.S. expansion around the world. His work demonstrates the often inconspicuous yet profoundly damaging impact of American investment in the underdeveloped countries of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Empire and Revolution will be the definitive book on U.S.-Mexico relations and their local and global ramifications. 606 $aAmericans$zMexico$xHistory 606 $aInvestments, American$zMexico$xHistory 606 $aNationalism$zMexico$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zMexico 607 $aMexico$xRelations$zUnited States 615 0$aAmericans$xHistory. 615 0$aInvestments, American$xHistory. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory. 676 $a972/.00413 700 $aHart$b John M$g(John Mason),$f1935-$0127269 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822852303321 996 $aEmpire and revolution$92314763 997 $aUNINA