Institutions and investment : the political basis of industrialization in Mexico before 1911 /

The author offers the first systematic explanation of why private investment came to Mexican domestic industry in an era when we would expect investors to prefer export-oriented activities, and when imported manufactures held every advantage in the domestic market. He shows that the government of Po...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beatty, Edward
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.
Series:Social science history.
Subjects:
Industrialization > Mexico.
Industries > Mexico > History.
Industrialisation > Mexique.
Industrie > Mexique > Histoire.
Economic policy
Industrialization
Industries
Mexico > Economic policy.
Mexique > Politique économique.
Mexico
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Our material progress": Political Institutions and the Mexican Economy in the Nineteenth Century
  • "We only want to compete": Import Tariffs and Domestic Industry
  • "The guarantees of our laws": Patent Law Reform in the Nineteenth Century
  • "Lo mas moderno": Patents and Investment in Foreign Technologies
  • "The risks of new enterprise": Support for New Industries
  • "For reasons of personal consideration": Patronage and the Administration of Tax Exemptions
  • Tariffs and Levels of Protection
  • Patenting Levels and Classes
  • The Standard Industrias Nuevas Contract
  • Industrias Nuevas Applications Approved
  • Industrias Nuevas Applications Denied
  • Industrias Nuevas Requests Denied.

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