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Empire and revolution: the Americans in Mexico since the Civil War

John Mason Hart c2002 © University of California Press
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  • Cover
  • Acknowledgment
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • Dedication
  • Epigraph
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Frontispiece
  • Introduction Imperial Ambition
  • Part I The Rise of American Influence, 1865-1876
    • Chapter 1 Arms and Capital
      • Intro
      • Arms for Mexico
      • Plans for a Capitalist Economy
      • The Richest Man in Texas
      • Distrust and Animosity
      • Power of the Plenipotentiary
      • The Concessionaires
      • Politics of Subjugation
      • Culture Joins Capital
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 2 Rival Concessionaires
      • Intro
      • Concessions Gained
      • The Race to Mexico City
      • A Legacy of Conflict
      • Díaz's Revolution
      • Conclusion
  • Part II The Díaz Regime, 1876-1910
    • Chapter 3 Ubiquitous Financiers
      • Intro
      • Recognizing the New Regime
      • A New Era of American Influence
      • Preeminent Financier
      • A Great Game
      • Financial Bonds with Britain
      • The Panama Project
      • The First Global Bank
      • Interlinking Operations
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 4 Building the Railroads
      • Intro
      • New Concessions
      • The Limits of Private Capital
      • Reaching Mexico City
      • Consolidation
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 5 Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil
      • Intro
      • The Mexican Comstock
      • Mining Impresarios
      • High Technology and Danger Pay
      • Forming a Copper Trust
      • The Strength of Foreign Interests
      • The Oilmen
      • Transitory Benefits
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 6 Absentee Landlords
      • Intro
      • Denouncing the Land
      • Surveying Rural Mexico
      • Corruption and Chicanery
      • Control from Afar
      • Ignorance and Arrogance
      • Coffee, Sugar, and Rubber
      • Contested Profits
      • Defrauding American Investors
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 7 Resident American Elite
      • Intro
      • The McCaughan Investment Company
      • Commerce and Industry
      • Opportunity and Antagonism
      • Discrepancies of Wealth and Power
      • A Woman's Perspective
      • A Tradition of Inequity
      • Mexican Labor on American Plantations
      • Cooperation in Campeche
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 8 Boomers, Sooners, and Settlers
      • Intro
      • An Influx of Immigrants
      • Mormon Colonies
      • Colonies in Urban Settings
      • Promoting the Land for Colonization
      • Profitable Vice and Wholesome Occupations
      • The Transformation of Mexico
      • Prelude to Revolution
      • Conclusion
  • Part III The Years of Revolution, 1910-1940
    • Chapter 9 Mexico for the Mexicans
      • Intro
      • Americans Caught in the Middle
      • No Free Labor
      • Rise of the Orozquistas
      • Attacks against the Estates
      • The Fate of Settlers and Colonists
      • International Syndicates
      • Carranza's Revolution
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 10 Interventions and Firestorms
      • Intro
      • The Invasion of Veracruz
      • Forming the Alliance against Germany
      • Revolutionary Nationalism
      • Violence near the Border
      • The Punitive Expedition
      • Black Gold
      • Close of an Era
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 11 Crisis in the New Regime
      • Intro
      • An Era of Reform
      • Seizures and Foreclosures
      • A Renewed Attack on Laguna
      • Losing Everything
      • Labor Disputes and the Cristero War
      • Paracaidistas, Dives, and Bistros
      • Altering the Image of the Revolution
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 12 Nationalization of Land and Industry
      • Intro
      • Sweeping Out the Americans
      • Gaining Control of Coasts and Borders
      • Confrontation in Campeche
      • Reform in Chihuahua
      • Further Foreclosures
      • Mineral Losses
      • Growing Closer
      • Conclusion
  • Part IV The Reencounter, 1940-2000
    • Chapter 13 Cooperation and Accommodation
      • Intro
      • Last Days for Laguna
      • Strategic Acapulco
      • A Working Relationship with American Industry
      • New Resilience for American Interests
      • Continuing Agrarian Challenges
      • The Cuban Crisis
      • The Integration of Popular Culture
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 14 Return of the American Financiers
      • Intro
      • American Capital and Mexican Debt
      • Free Trade
      • Collapse and Bailout
      • American Maquiladoras
      • Return of the Zapatistas
      • Drugs, Thugs, and Law Enforcement
      • Conclusion
    • Chapter 15 Mexico in the New World Order
      • Intro
      • Benefits of a Debacle
      • The Neo-Porfirian Economy
      • Pemex and National Ownership
      • Profits from Labor and Land
      • Resources on the Endangered List
      • Powerful Foreigners and Domestic Elites
      • Maneuvers in Chiapas
      • Culture and Religion
      • Conclusion
  • Conclusion Imperial America
  • Endpiece
  • Appendix 1. Partial List of American Landholdings and Ownership in Mexico, 100,000 Acres and More, 1910-1913
  • Appendix 2 Partial List of American Properties of More Than 100,000 Acres or of Special Significance, Derived via Government Portions of Land Surveys or from the Land Survey Companies, 1876-1910
  • Appendix 3 American Banking Syndicates Formed to Render Financial Support to Britain and Her Allies during World War I, September 1914-April 1917
  • Notes on Archival Sources
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
    • Introduction. Imperial Ambition
    • Chapter 1. Arms and Capital
    • Chapter 2. Rival Concessionaires
    • Chapter 3. Ubiquitous Financiers
    • Chapter 4. Building the Railroads
    • Chapter 5. Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil
    • Chapter 6. Absentee Landlords
    • Chapter 7. Resident American Elite
    • Chapter 8. Boomers, Sooners, and Settlers
    • Chapter 9. Mexico for the Mexicans
    • Chapter 10. Interventions and Firestorms
    • Chapter 11. Crisis in the New Regime
    • Chapter 12. Nationalization of Land and Industry
    • Chapter 13. Cooperation and Accommodation
    • Chapter 14. Return of the American Financiers
    • Chapter 15. Mexico in the New World Order
    • Conclusion. Imperial America
    • Appendix 1
    • Appendix 2
  • Bibliography
    • List of Sources Cited
      • [No head in print version]
      • Memoirs
      • Interviews
      • Newspapers, Magazines, and Websites
    • Secondary Sources
      • Books
      • Articles and Chapters
      • Unpublished Works
      • Documents
  • Index
    • A-D
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    • M-Q
    • R-Z
  • About the Author

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President Benito Juárez, no date. (Culver Pictures)

(Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 96.R.143-2)

(Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 96.R.143-2)

Railroad bridge over the Metlac ravine in Veracruz state, c. 1880s. (Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 96.R.143-2)

(Photo: Lorenzo Becerral/Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 99.R.17)

(Photo: Lorenzo Becerral/Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 99.R.17)

Indigenous Mexicans in a studio photo, c. 1890-1900. (Photo: Lorenzo Becerral/Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 99.R.17)

(Photo courtesy Tom Hale)

(Photo courtesy Tom Hale)

Thanksgiving in Tampico, c. 1910. (Photo courtesy Tom Hale)

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A hacienda, typical of the residences of wealthy American and Mexican landholders, no date. (Brown Brothers)

(U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

(U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

American ranch, c. 1910. (U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

(U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

(U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

Parraga Brothers Company salt mines near Salinas Cruz, Oaxaca, c. 1910. (U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

(Photo courtesy Tom Hale)

(Photo courtesy Tom Hale)

Oilfield in Tampico, no date. (Photo courtesy Tom Hale)

(U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

(U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

American rubber plantation, no date. (U.S.-Mexican Claims Commission, National Archives and Records Administration/NARA).

(Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Acc no. 89.R.46-22)

(Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Acc no. 89.R.46-22)

Cíudad Juárez in 1911. (Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Acc no. 89.R.46-22)

Home of A. W. Ivens, c. 1910. The veranda and neat lawns were typical of affluent American residences in western Chihuahua.

Home of A. W. Ivens, c. 1910. The veranda and neat lawns were typical of affluent American residences in western Chihuahua.

Home of A. W. Ivens, c. 1910. The veranda and neat lawns were typical of affluent American residences in western Chihuahua.

(Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-100275)

(Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-100275)

President Díaz, c. 1911. (Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-100275)

(Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 89.R.46-32)

(Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 89.R.46-32)

Leaders of the rebellion in a photo taken 30 April 1911. Back row, from left: Francisco (Pancho) Villa, Gustavo Madero, Francisco Madero, Sr., Giuseppi Garibaldi, F. Garza, Lucio Blanco; front row, from left: Venustiano Carranza, Emilio Vasquez Gómez, Francisco Idalencio Madero, Abraham González, José Maytorena, Pascual Orozco. (Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles. Acc. no. 89.R.46-32)

(Photo courtesy Otis A. Aultman Collection, El Paso Public Library)

(Photo courtesy Otis A. Aultman Collection, El Paso Public Library)

Pancho Villa and aides, c. 1910-11. (Photo courtesy Otis A. Aultman Collection, El Paso Public Library)

(Photo courtesy Otis A. Aultman Collection, El Paso Public Library).

(Photo courtesy Otis A. Aultman Collection, El Paso Public Library).

Group of American Villistas, c. 1911. (Photo courtesy Otis A. Aultman Collection, El Paso Public Library).

(Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin)

(Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin)

The three leading figures of the Convention government seated at a banquet, ca. 1911; starting with the third figure from the left: Francisco Villa, Eulalio Gutiérrez, and Emiliano Zapata. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin)

(Library, Getty Research Institute. Acc. no. 89.R.46-18)

(Library, Getty Research Institute. Acc. no. 89.R.46-18)

Americans and insurrectionists at the Rio Grande, 1911. (Library, Getty Research Institute. Acc. no. 89.R.46-18)

(Photo: D. W. Hoffmann, El Paso, Texas/Library, Getty Research Institute. Acc. no. 89.R.46-27)

(Photo: D. W. Hoffmann, El Paso, Texas/Library, Getty Research Institute. Acc. no. 89.R.46-27)

Native Mexican Americans with Madero's army, c. 1911. (Photo: D. W. Hoffmann, El Paso, Texas/Library, Getty Research Institute. Acc. no. 89.R.46-27)

(Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-118311)

(Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-118311)

José María Pino Suárez, Emilio Vasquez Gómez, Francisco Idalencio Madero, and Francisco S. Carbajal, c. 1911. (Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-118311)

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JAH 90.1 (June 2003): 262-263 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3659874
WHQ 34.3 (Autumn 2003): 383-384 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25047320
TA 59.3 (2003): 426-427 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/the_americas/v059/59.3wasserman.html
HAHR 83.3 (2003): 606-607 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/hispanic_american_historical_review/v083/83.3schell.html
JIH 34.1 (2003): 125-216 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_interdisciplinary_history/v034/34.1dormady.html
LARR 40.3 (2005): 312-325 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/latin_american_research_review/v040/40.3gilderhus.html
AHR 108.5 (December 2003): 1419-1420 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/529980
AMER 59.3 (Jan. 2003): 426-427 http://www.jstor.org/stable/1008516
EHR 56.1 (Feb. 2003): 204-205 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3698782
BHR 77.1 (Spring 2003): 166-168 http://www.jstor.org/stable/30041127
IHR 25.1 (Mar. 2003): 157-159 http://www.jstor.org/stable/40110304
IA 78.4 (Oct. 2002): 945 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3095812
LAPS 45.1 (Spring 2003): 174-181 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3177074

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