Studying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment ec
Studying the interaction of political and economic institutions in Mexico during the period of 1870-1930, this book shows how institutional change can foment ec
Perhaps no other industrial technology changed the course of Mexican history in the United States--and Mexico--than did the coming of the railroads. Tens of tho
Facing financial chaos, Porfirio Diaz’s strategy in the 1880s was to create a bank with a legal monopoly over lending to the government and to enforce elites�