Pesos and politics : business, elites, foreigners, and government in Mexico, 1854-1940 / / Mark Wasserman
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| Autore: |
Wasserman Mark <1946->
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| Titolo: |
Pesos and politics : business, elites, foreigners, and government in Mexico, 1854-1940 / / Mark Wasserman
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 322/.3097209034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Industrial policy - Mexico - History |
| Businesspeople - Mexico - History | |
| Elite (Social sciences) - Mexico - History | |
| Investments, Foreign - Mexico - History | |
| Business enterprises, Foreign - Mexico - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mexico Politics and government 1867-1910 |
| Mexico Politics and government 1910-1946 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- One. Elites, foreigners, and government in Mexico, 1877–1940 -- Two. Mexican entrepreneurs -- Three. Mexico versus the seven kings: the railroad consolidation, 1902–1910 -- Four. Foreign landowners -- Five. The corralitos company -- Six. Foreign mining entrepreneurs -- Seven. The American smelting and refining company in mexico, 1890–1940 -- Eight. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The relationship between business and politics is crucial to understanding Mexican history, and Pesos and Politics explores this relationship from the mid-nineteenth century dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz through the Mexican Revolution (1876-1940). Historian Mark Wasserman argues that throughout this era, over the course of successive regimes, there was an evolving enterprise system that had to balance the interests of the Mexican national elite, state and local governments, large foreign corporations, and individual foreign entrepreneurs. During and after the Revolution these groups were joine |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pesos and politics |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-9521-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910460208503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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