The making of the Mexican border / Juan Mora-Torres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mora-Torres, Juan, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes.

History.

Nuevo León (Mexico : State)--Economic conditions.

Nuevo León (Mexico : State).

Nuevo León (Mexico : State)--Social conditions.

Nuevo León (Mexico : State)--History.

Industrialization--Mexico--Nuevo León (State).

Industrialization.

Mexico--Nuevo León (State).

Social classes--Mexico--Nuevo León (State)--History.

Mexican-American Border Region--History.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

xi, 346 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.

Summary:

The issues that dominate U.S.-Mexico border relations today -- integration of economies, policing of boundaries, and the flow of workers from south to north and of capital from north to south -- are not recent developments. In this insightful history of the state of Nuevo Leon, Juan Mora-Torres explores how these processes transformed northern Mexico into a region with distinct economic, political, social, and cultural features that set it apart from the interior of Mexico.

Mora-Torres argues that the years between the establishment of the U.S.-Mexico boundary in 1848 and the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 constitute a critical period in Mexican history. The processes of state-building, emergent capitalism, and growing linkages to the United States transformed localities and identities and shaped class formations and struggles in Nuevo Leon. Monterrey emerged as the leading industrial center and home of the most powerful business elite, while the countryside deteriorated economically, politically, and demographically. By 1910, Mora-Torres concludes, the border states had already assumed much of their modern character: an advanced capitalist economy, some of Mexico's most powerful business groups, and a labor market dependent on massive migrations from central Mexico.

Contents:

1 The Significance of 1848 11

2 The Taming of the Periphery, 1867-1890 52

3 City and Countryside, 1890-1910 85

4 Nuevo Leon and the Making of the Border Labor Market, 1890-1910 126

5 The Crisis of the Countryside and Public Policy in the Late Porfiriato 166

6 Class, Culture, and Politics in Monterrey, 1890-1910 192

7 A Tale of Two Porfirian Firms: The Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc and the Fundidora de Monterrey 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-331) and index.

ISBN:

0292752520

0292752555

OCLC:

46577539