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Integral outsiders : the American colony in Mexico City, 1876-1911 / William Schell, Jr.
Van Pelt Library F1386.9.A5 S45 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schell, William, 1950-
- Series:
- Latin American silhouettes
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Americans--Mexico--Mexico City--History--19th century.
- Americans.
- History.
- Mexico--Politics and government--1867-1910.
- Mexico.
- Politics and government.
- Mexico--Relations--United States.
- Relations.
- United States.
- United States--Relations--Mexico.
- Mexico--Mexico City.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 2001.
- Summary:
- In his provocative and insightful new book, William Schell, Jr. examines the largest foreign colony in Mexico during the reign of Porfirio Diaz, 1876-1911. Expatriate Americans constituted the greatest number of technicians, technocrats, consultants, engineers, agronomists, mining specialists, railroad experts, and venture capitalists in Mexico. The influence of these "integral outsiders" extended far beyond economics and Porfirian efforts to manage the booming era of Mexican modernization. Marriages between Americans and Mexican society women and membership in such organizations as Masonic brotherhoods brought the foreigners into the most important social circles. Integral Outsiders contains a colorful history of the Porfiriato through the lens of American participation, including carefully wrought descriptions of the expatriate Americans.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0842028382
- OCLC:
- 44802965
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