Routes of compromise : : building roads and shaping the nation in Mexico, 1917-1952 / Michael K. Bess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bess, Michael Kirkland, author.

Series:

The Mexican experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads--Mexico--Design and construction--History--20th century.

Roads.

Highway engineering--Mexico--History--20th century.

Highway engineering.

Transportation, Automotive--Government policy--Mexico--History--20th century.

Transportation, Automotive.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.

Summary:

In Routes of Compromise Michael K. Bess studies the social, economic, and political implications of road building and state formation in Mexico through a comparative analysis of Nuevo León and Veracruz from the 1920s to the 1950s. He examines how both foreign and domestic actors, working at local, national, and transnational levels, helped determine how Mexico would build and finance its roadways. While Veracruz offered a radical model for regional construction that empowered agrarian communities, national consensus would solidify around policies championed by Nuevo León's political and commercial elites. Bess shows that no single political figure or central agency dominated the process of determining Mexico's road-building policies. Instead, provincial road-building efforts highlight the contingent nature of power and state formation in midcentury Mexico.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. "A Good Road . . . Brings Life to All of the Towns It Passes"

2. "Everyone Was Ready to Do Their Part"

3. "So That These Problems May Be Placed in the Hands of the President"

4. "We March with Mexico for Liberty!"

5. "Those Who Do Not Look Forward Are Left Behind"

6. Charting the Contours

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496204035

1496204034

9781496204011

1496204018

OCLC:

986993851