Empire and revolution the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War / John Mason Hart.
| Author/creator | Hart, John M., 1935- |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley: University of California Press, |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 677 p., [8] p. of plates ) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments xi -- Introduction: Imperial Ambition I --I. THE RISE OF AMERICAN INFLUENCE, 1865-1876 7 -- i. Arms and Capital 9 -- 2. Rival Concessionaires 46 --II. THE DIAZ REGIME, 1876-1910 71 -- 3. Ubiquitous Financiers 73 -- 4. Building the Railroads 106 -- 5. Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil 131 -- 6. Absentee Landlords 167 -- 7. Resident American Elite 201 -- 8. Boomers, Sooners, and Settlers 235 --III. THE YEARS OF REVOLUTION, 1910-1940 269 -- 9. Mexico for the Mexicans 271 -- 10. Interventions and Firestorms 305 -- 11. Crisis in the New Regime 343 -- 12. Nationalization of Land and Industry 371 --IV. THE REENCOUNTER, 1940-2000 401 -- 13. Cooperation and Accommodation 403 -- 14. Return of the American Financiers 432 -- 15. Mexico in the New World Order 459 -- Conclusion: Imperial America 499 -- Endpiece 509 -- Appendix i. Partial List of American Landholdings and Ownership in Mexico, 100,000 Acres and More, -- 1910-1913 511 -- Appendix 2. Partial List of American Properties of More Than 100,000 Acres or of Special Significance,Derivedvia Government Portions of Land Surveys or from the Land Survey Companies, 1876-1910 526 -- Appendix 3. American Banking Syndicates Formed to Render Financial Support to Britain and Her Allies during World War 1, September 1914-April 1917 531 -- Notes on Archival Sources 541 -- Abbreviations 547 -- Notes 551 -- Bibliography 607 -- Index 639. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-638) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Empire and revolution Berkeley: University of California Press, c2002. 0520223241 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021696327 |
| ISBN | 9780520939295 ebook |
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