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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Hoy, Teresa Miriam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2008.
Colección:Jaguar books on Latin America series.
Temas:
Railroads > Social aspects > Mexico > History.
Railroads > Economic aspects > Mexico > History.
TRANSPORTATION > Railroads > Pictorial.
Railroads > Economic aspects.
Railroads > Social aspects.
Eisenbahn
Spoorwegen.
Economische aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
Mexico.
Mexiko > Süd
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Twelve hours by train rather than twelve days on foot : independence and isolation
  • Thatched huts, cactus fences, and crops unplanted : railroads and land
  • southern Mexico
  • From convicts and conscripts to payroll crews : labor on the railroads
  • unpaid to well paid
  • Wood, lime, and crushed rock : labor on the railroads
  • beyond the payroll
  • Pilgrimages, mangos, and medicine : railroad services
  • formal and informal
  • Inspectors, inaugurations, and public bulletins : authoritarian policies
  • mellowed and manipulated
  • Conclusion.

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