British lions and Mexican eagles : business, politics, and empire in the career of Weetman Pearson in Mexico, 1889-1919 /

Between 1889 and 1919, Weetman Pearson became one of the world's most important engineering contractors, a pioneer in the international oil industry, and one of Britain's wealthiest men. At the centre of his global business empire were his interests in Mexico. While Pearson's extraord...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Garner, Paul H.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Sujets:
Cowdray, Weetman Pearson, > Viscount, > 1856-1927.
1867-1920
Businessmen > Great Britain > Biography.
Corporations, British > Mexico > History.
Engineers > Great Britain > Biography.
Hommes d'affaires > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Sociétés britanniques > Mexique > Histoire.
Ingénieurs > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
Businessmen.
Corporations, British.
Engineers.
International relations.
Great Britain > Relations > Mexico.
Mexico > History > 1867-1910.
Mexico > History > Revolution, 1910-1920.
Mexico > Relations > Great Britain.
Mexique > Histoire > 1867-1910.
Mexique > Histoire > 1910-1920 (Révolution)
Great Britain.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Weetman Pearson in historical and historiographical context : British-Mexican relations, informal empire, Mexican national development, and the rise of global business in the late nineteenth century
  • British lions : business and politics in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain
  • The foundations of a business empire : the Gran Canal in Mexico, 1889-1900
  • The extension of empire : the Tehuantepec National Railway, 1896-1918
  • The birth of El Aguila and the apotheosis of empire, 1901-10
  • The empire strikes back : revolution and counter-revolution 1911-13
  • The unravelling of empire : civil war and World War 1914-19.

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