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A social history of Mexico's railroads : peons, prisoners, and priests /
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 beautif...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
c2008.
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| Colección: | Jaguar books on Latin America series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 237 p.). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461700319 1461700310 |