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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mora-Torres, Juan, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Industrialization.

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

Social classes.

Mexican-American Border Region--History.

Mexican-American Border Region.

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

Nuevo León (Mexico : State).

Nuevo León (Mexico : State)--History.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

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 León, 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 León. 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:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One. The Significance of 1848

Two. The Taming of the Periphery, 1867–1890

Three. City and Countryside, 1890–1910

Four. Nuevo León and the Making of the Border Labor Market, 1890–1910

Five. The Crisis of the Countryside and Public Policy in the Late Porfiriato

Six. Class, Culture, and Politics in Monterrey,1890–1910

Seven. A Tale of Two Porfirian Firms

Epilogue

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79894-6

OCLC:

55676013