A Social History Of Mexico S Railroads

Author : Teresa Van Hoy
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461700319

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A Social History of Mexico's Railroads by Teresa Van Hoy Pdf

Largely absent from our history books is the social history of railroad development in nineteenth-century Mexico, which promoted rapid economic growth that greatly benefited elites but also heavily impacted rural and provincial Mexican residents in communities traversed by the rails. In this beautifully written and original book, Teresa Van Hoy connects foreign investment in Mexico, largely in railroad development, with its effects on the people living in the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico's region of greatest ethnic diversity. Students will be drawn to a fascinating cast of characters, as muleteers, artisans, hacienda peons, convict laborers, dockworkers, priests, and the rural police force (rurales) join railroad regulars in this rich social history. New empirical evidence, some drawn from two private collections, elaborates on the huge informal economy that supported railroad development. Railroad officials sought to gain access to local resources such as land, water, construction materials, labor, customer patronage, and political favors. Residents, in turn, maneuvered to maximize their gains from the wages, contracts, free passes, surplus materials, and services (including piped water) controlled by the railroad. Those areas of Mexico suffering poverty and isolation attracted public investment and infrastructure. A Social History of Mexico's Railroads is the dynamic story of the people and times that were changed by the railroads and is sure to engage students and general readers alike.

Author : Francisco Garma Franco
Publisher : Sundance Publications Limited
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1985-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0913582395

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Railroads in Mexico by Francisco Garma Franco Pdf

Author : Mexican Central Railway Co
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Mexico
ISBN : WISC:89097049126

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Facts and Figures about Mexico and Her Great Railroad, the Mexican Central by Mexican Central Railway Co Pdf

Author : Michael Matthews
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780803249431

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The Civilizing Machine by Michael Matthews Pdf

In late nineteenth-century Mexico the Mexican populace was fascinated with the country’s booming railroad network. Newspapers and periodicals were filled with art, poetry, literature, and social commentaries exploring the symbolic power of the railroad. As a symbol of economic, political, and industrial modernization, the locomotive served to demarcate a nation’s status in the world. However, the dangers of locomotive travel, complicated by the fact that Mexico’s railroads were foreign owned and operated, meant that the railroad could also symbolize disorder, death, and foreign domination. In The Civilizing Machine Michael Matthews explores the ideological and cultural milieu that shaped the Mexican people’s understanding of technology. Intrinsically tied to the Porfiriato, the thirty-five-year dictatorship of Gen. Porfirio Díaz, the booming railroad network represented material progress in a country seeking its place in the modern world. Matthews discloses how the railroad’s development represented the crowning achievement of the regime and the material incarnation of its mantra, “order and progress.” The Porfirian administration evoked the railroad in legitimizing and justifying its own reign, while political opponents employed the same rhetorical themes embodied by the railroads to challenge the manner in which that regime achieved economic development and modernization. As Matthews illustrates, the multiple symbols of the locomotive reflected deepening social divisions and foreshadowed the conflicts that eventually brought about the Mexican Revolution.

Author : Fred Wilbur Powell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UCAL:$B241759

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The Railroads of Mexico by Fred Wilbur Powell Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781574414646

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Traqueros by Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo Pdf

Perhaps no other industrial technology changed the course of Mexican history in the United States--and Mexico--than did the coming of the railroads. Tens of thousands of Mexicans worked for the railroads in the United States, especially in the Southwest and Midwest. Construction crews soon became railroad workers proper, along with maintenance crews later. Extensive Mexican American settlements appeared throughout the lower and upper Midwest as the result of the railroad. The substantial Mexican American populations in these regions today are largely attributable to 19th- and 20th-century railroad work. Only agricultural work surpassed railroad work in terms of employment of Mexicans. The full history of Mexican American railroad labor and settlement in the United States had not been told, however, until Jeffrey Marcos Garcílazo's groundbreaking research in Traqueros. Garcílazo mined numerous archives and other sources to provide the first and only comprehensive history of Mexican railroad workers across the United States, with particular attention to the Midwest. He first explores the origins and process of Mexican labor recruitment and immigration and then describes the areas of work performed. He reconstructs the workers' daily lives and explores not only what the workers did on the job but also what they did at home and how they accommodated and/or resisted Americanization. Boxcar communities, strike organizations, and "traquero culture" finally receive historical acknowledgment. Integral to his study is the importance of family settlement in shaping working class communities and consciousness throughout the Midwest.

Author : Mexican Central Railway Co
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298640113

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Facts and Figures about Mexico and Her Great Railroad, the Mexican Central by Mexican Central Railway Co Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Railroads
ISBN : OXFORD:590677300

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Railways in Mexico by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mexican Central Railway Co
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1330476425

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Facts and Figures about Mexico and Her Great Railroad by Mexican Central Railway Co Pdf

Excerpt from Facts and Figures About Mexico and Her Great Railroad: The Mexican Central There are only five cities of over 35, 000 inhabitants in the Republic of Mexico that are not reached by the Mexican Central Line. Extract of a Letter from A.H. Edgren, Professor of Languages, University of Nebraska. "A visit to Mexico is, indeed, full of uncommon interest, historical, ethnical, archaeological and linguistic, to say nothing of the joys of a magnificent scenery and a lovely climate. The charm of breathing not only the air of a foreign country but also of a past age, is more fully realized in Mexico than even in Spain or Italy, and the sight of a native American race working its way to intelligent independence and a modern civilization on the ruins of their old culture is to me full of deepest interest. Unfortunately for the traveler, though not for Mexico, the mediaeval spirit still lingering over the country will have disappeared in a few more years. I noticed a very decided difference, in this regard, between Mexico of eight years ago, when I first visited the country, and Mexico last year." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Bernard Moses
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Mexico
ISBN : CHI:21221781

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The Railway Revolution in Mexico by Bernard Moses Pdf

Author : Arthur Schmidt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0824013700

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The Social and Economic Effect of the Railroad in Puebla and Veracruz, Mexico, 1867-1911 by Arthur Schmidt Pdf

Author : Fred Wilbur Powell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1330195051

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The Railroads of Mexico by Fred Wilbur Powell Pdf

Excerpt from The Railroads of Mexico Mexico's centennial year, 1910, marked the end of normal conditions throughout the country. Porfirio Diaz, who had brought order out of chaos, was an old man. The voices of discontent were no longer quiet, and the world was asking with renewed interest the question, "After Diaz, what?" Hardly had the great anniversary celebration been concluded when insurrection broke out in the north, and a reign of disorder set in which has continued with varying degrees of violence until the present. When the power that maintains public order breaks down, property interests suffer; and railroads are peculiarly liable to loss and destruction. The regularly constituted government avails itself of its right to take over the lines for military use; equipment is seized for the transportation of troops, munitions, and supplies; and the service essential to the maintenance of commerce and industry is disorganized if not brought to a complete standstill. Revenues fall off, outlays for construction and maintenance are curtailed, and the return to investors is suspended. More serious still is the effect of the activities of the forces of rebellion and disorder. Bridges are destroyed and tracks are torn up to prevent the movement of trains; equipment is seized and buildings arc burned. All varieties of railroad property arc destroyed, sometimes purely for the sake of destruction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Bernard Moses
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1356525539

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The Railway Revolution in Mexico by Bernard Moses Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Bernard Moses
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 042893059X

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The Railway Revolution in Mexico (Classic Reprint) by Bernard Moses Pdf

Excerpt from The Railway Revolution in Mexico This was not a matter of great moment so long as Spain's colonial restrictions on trade were maintained. A few Indians or a few donkeys would carry at a single trip all that any town received from Spain in the course of a year; and the colonists were thus thrown back upon their immediate efforts for the satisfaction of their wants; and the king, by prohibiting trade between the colonies, emphasized their isolation, and indicated the uselessness of means of communication. This restrictive policy of Spain with regard to her colonies tended to place the European settlers on the economic basis of the Indians. A short period of the kind of life to which they were reduced made them forget most of the wants that had belonged to their previous station, and made it comparatively easy to provide what seemed to be an adequate satisfaction of those remaining. But by the imperfection of the means of production, and of internal transportation, a vast amount of force was consumed without great results. It is not enough to say of this case that labor was cheap, and to find in this a justification of its unprofitable use. Labor was cheap because, through the force of custom and the restrictions of the law, it continued to be used in such ways that its product could afford no larger compensation. By referring to Spain's restrictions on trade with and in America, the accomplishment of ends with rude means, and the employment of human and animal power directly with little use of mechanical appliances, we indicate the early character of Mexico's economic system, a system which became so thoroughly rooted in custom that its main characteristics were preserved well into this century; and some of its features are conspicuous in the Mexican life of the present. Fruit is still carried into the City of Mexico on the backs of men, over distances requiring journeys of several days; and when you buy it there in the market, you think it still cheap, from which may be inferred how little must be the daily compensation of these men, and, in relation to the result, how great the expenditure of force. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Stephen Neufeld,Michael Matthews
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816531325

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Mexico in Verse by Stephen Neufeld,Michael Matthews Pdf

Mexico in Verse, edited by Stephen Neufeld and Michael Matthews, examines Mexican history through its poetry and music, the spoken and the written word. The book provides a window to the beliefs and aspirations of ordinary people, fresh and vigorous and honest, in Mexico during a period of dynamic and turbulent change.