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Iron Horse Imperialism: The Southern Pacific of Mexico, 1880-1951
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “lower right corner front cover bent”
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- ISBN
- 9780816528035
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
ISBN-10
0816528039
ISBN-13
9780816528035
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66581166
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Iron Horse Imperialism : the Southern Pacific of Mexico, 1880-1951
Subject
Latin America / Mexico, Railroads / History
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Transportation, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
3
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
"A thoughtful treatment. His work fills an important historical void." --Journal of American History"Iron Horse Imperialism is a solid, engaging study of a relatively unexplored topic, and a worthwhile contribution to the history of Mexican economic policy and American business in Mexico." -- Hispanic American Historic Review, A thoughtful treatment. His work fills an important historical void." —Journal of American History Iron Horse Imperialism is a solid, engaging study of a relatively unexplored topic, and a worthwhile contribution to the history of Mexican economic policy and American business in Mexico." — Hispanic American Historic Review, A thoughtful treatment. His work fills an important historical void." -Journal of American History Iron Horse Imperialism is a solid, engaging study of a relatively unexplored topic, and a worthwhile contribution to the history of Mexican economic policy and American business in Mexico." - Hispanic American Historic Review, "A thoughtful treatment. His work fills an important historical void." -Journal of American History"Iron Horse Imperialism is a solid, engaging study of a relatively unexplored topic, and a worthwhile contribution to the history of Mexican economic policy and American business in Mexico." - Hispanic American Historic Review
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
385.065/72
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1 Nationbuilding Versus Foreign Penetration: The Question of Why Southern Pacific of Mexico Operations Failed 2 ''Ungrateful Yankees and the Means to Combat Them'': Mexican Governmental Treatment of Railroads (1837-1920) 3 The Revolution, Reparations, and the Railroad (1909-1923) 4 ''Get Out if You Can'': The Salsipuedes Gorge, Taxes, and Completion of the Line (1923-1929) 5 Multicultural Mosaic: The Impacts of Otherness (1923-1929) 6 An Island upon the Land: Labor Law, Tari√s, and the Isolation of the Southern Pacific of Mexico (1930-1939) 7 Hard Freight: The Impossible as Inevitable Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Available in paperback October 2008! The Southern Pacific of Mexico was a U.S.-owned railroad that operated between 1898 and 1951, running from the Sonoran town of Nogales, just across the border from Arizona, to the city of Guadalajara, stopping at several northwestern cities and port towns along the way. Owned by the ..., The Southern Pacific of Mexico was a U.S.-owned railroad that operated between 1898 and 1951, running from the Sonoran town of Nogales, just across the border from Arizona, to the city of Guadalajara, stopping at several northwestern cities and port towns along the way. Owned by the Southern Pacific Company, which operated a highly profitable railroad system north of the border, the SP de Mex transported millions of passengers as well as millions of tons of freight over the years, both within Mexico and across its northern border. However, as Daniel Lewis discloses in this thoroughly researched investigation of the railroad, it rarely turned a profit. So why, Lewis wonders, did a savvy, money-minded U.S. corporation continue to operate the railroad until it was nationalized by the Mexican government more than a half-century after it was constructed? Iron Horse Imperialism reveals that the relationship between the Mexican government and the Southern Pacific Company was a complex one, complicated by Mexico's defeat by U.S. forces in the mid-nineteenth century and by SP's failure to understand that it was conducting business in a country whose leaders were ambivalent about its presence. Lewis contends that SP executives, urged on by the media of the day, operated with a reflexive imperialism that kept the company committed to the railroad long after it ceased to make business sense. Incorporating information discovered in both Mexican and American archives, some of which was previously unavailable to researchers, this comprehensive book deftly describes the complicated, decades-long dance between oblivious U.S. entrepreneurs and wary Mexican officials. It is a fascinating story.
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