The people of Sonora and Yankee capitalists
Ruiz, Ramon Eduardo
The people of Sonora and Yankee capitalists / Eduardo Ruiz Ramón - Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 1988 - 326 p. ; 24 cm
Capitalism, the economic system of Western Europe and the United States at the turn of the century, had a major impact on every country of the Third World. In the Western Hemisphere, no country escaped its influence, particularly the North American version, increasingly omnipotent. Mexico, next door to the powerful colossus, often felt the brunt of that impact. The People of Sonora and Yankee Capitalists examines how the advent of North American dollars between 1882 and 1910 helped reshape the economic, social, and political contours of a Mexican province on the border of Arizona. The activity of Yankee promoters, particularly miners, land speculators, and cattle barons, altered dramatically the colonial structure left behind by its former Spanish masters. Even the psychology of the inhabitants of Sonora underwent a kind of metamorphosis. This book, in short, explains what happened to Mexico's traditional society when Yankee capitalists made their appearance.
English
0816510121
Investments, American---History---Mexico---Sonora (State)
Sonora (Mexico : State)---Economic conditions
Guaymas (Sonora, Mexico)---Social conditions
LAS 330.972 RUIZ
The people of Sonora and Yankee capitalists / Eduardo Ruiz Ramón - Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 1988 - 326 p. ; 24 cm
Capitalism, the economic system of Western Europe and the United States at the turn of the century, had a major impact on every country of the Third World. In the Western Hemisphere, no country escaped its influence, particularly the North American version, increasingly omnipotent. Mexico, next door to the powerful colossus, often felt the brunt of that impact. The People of Sonora and Yankee Capitalists examines how the advent of North American dollars between 1882 and 1910 helped reshape the economic, social, and political contours of a Mexican province on the border of Arizona. The activity of Yankee promoters, particularly miners, land speculators, and cattle barons, altered dramatically the colonial structure left behind by its former Spanish masters. Even the psychology of the inhabitants of Sonora underwent a kind of metamorphosis. This book, in short, explains what happened to Mexico's traditional society when Yankee capitalists made their appearance.
English
0816510121
Investments, American---History---Mexico---Sonora (State)
Sonora (Mexico : State)---Economic conditions
Guaymas (Sonora, Mexico)---Social conditions
LAS 330.972 RUIZ
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