A social history of Mexico's railroads : peons, prisoners, and priests /

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Author / Creator:	Van Hoy, Teresa Miriam.
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2008] ©2008
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:	English
Series:	Jaguar books on Latin America series Jaguar books on Latin America series.
Subject:	Railroads -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- History. Railroads -- Economic aspects -- Mexico -- History. Railroads -- Economic aspects. Railroads -- Social aspects. Mexico. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404392

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ISBN:	9781461700319 1461700310 9780742553279 0742553272 9780742553286 0742553280
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Largely absent from our history books is the social history of railroad development in nineteenth-century Mexico, which promoted rapid economic growth that greatly benefited elites but also heavily impacted rural and provincial Mexican residents in communities traversed by the rails. In this beautifully written and original book, Teresa Van Hoy connects foreign investment in Mexico, largely in railroad development, with its effects on the people living in the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico's region of greatest ethnic diversity.
Other form:	Print version: Van Hoy, Teresa Miriam. Social history of Mexico's railroads 9780742553279

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