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082	1		_aLAS 330.972 RUIZ _2
100	1		_aRuiz, Ramon Eduardo
245	1	0	_aThe people of Sonora and Yankee capitalists _c/ Eduardo Ruiz Ramón
260			_aTucson _b: University of Arizona Press _c, 1988
300			_a326 p. _c; 24 cm
520			_aCapitalism, 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.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aInvestments, American _z-Mexico _z-Sonora (State) _x-History
651		4	_aSonora (Mexico : State) _x-Economic conditions
651		4	_aGuaymas (Sonora, Mexico) _x-Social conditions
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