The people of Sonora and Yankee capitalists / Eduardo Ruiz Ramón
Material type: TextPublication details: Tucson : University of Arizona Press , 1988Description: 326 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0816510121
- LAS 330.972 RUIZ
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Latin American Studies | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | LAS 330.972 RUIZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Expurgado/No disponible | 019974 |
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LAS 330 PAZ Libre Comercio : Mexico-E.U.A., mitos y hechos = Free trade : Mexico-U.S.A., myths and facts | LAS 330.972 COO Markets in Oaxaca | LAS 330.972 MOR Development and growth in the Mexican economy : a historical perspective | LAS 330.972 RUIZ The people of Sonora and Yankee capitalists | LAS 330.9721 MAR Border boom town : Ciudad Juárez since 1848 | LAS 330.973 CON Nuevas fronteras, nuevos lenguajes | LAS 330.98 GRE Silent revolution : the rise and crisis of market economics in Latin America |
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.
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