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Acknowledgment
Copyright and Permissions
Dedication
Epigraph
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Frontispiece
Introduction:
: The Rise of American Influence, 1865-1876
: Arms and Capital
Intro
Arms for Mexico
Plans for a Capitalist Economy
The Richest Man in Texas
Distrust and Animosity
Power of the Plenipotentiary
The Concessionaires
Politics of Subjugation
Culture Joins Capital
Conclusion
: Rival Concessionaires
Intro
Concessions Gained
The Race to Mexico City
A Legacy of Conflict
Díaz's Revolution
Conclusion
: The Díaz Regime, 1876-1910
: Ubiquitous Financiers
Intro
Recognizing the New Regime
A New Era of American Influence
Preeminent Financier
A Great Game
Financial Bonds with Britain
The Panama Project
The First Global Bank
Interlinking Operations
Conclusion
: Building the Railroads
Intro
New Concessions
The Limits of Private Capital
Reaching Mexico City
Consolidation
Conclusion
: Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil
Intro
The Mexican Comstock
Mining Impresarios
High Technology and Danger Pay
Forming a Copper Trust
The Strength of Foreign Interests
The Oilmen
Transitory Benefits
Conclusion
: Absentee Landlords
Intro
Denouncing the Land
Surveying Rural Mexico
Corruption and Chicanery
Control from Afar
Ignorance and Arrogance
Coffee, Sugar, and Rubber
Contested Profits
Defrauding American Investors
Conclusion
: Resident American Elite
Intro
The McCaughan Investment Company
Commerce and Industry
Opportunity and Antagonism
Discrepancies of Wealth and Power
A Woman's Perspective
A Tradition of Inequity
Mexican Labor on American Plantations
Cooperation in Campeche
Conclusion
: Boomers, Sooners, and Settlers
Intro
An Influx of Immigrants
Mormon Colonies
Colonies in Urban Settings
Promoting the Land for Colonization
Profitable Vice and Wholesome Occupations
The Transformation of Mexico
Prelude to Revolution
Conclusion
: The Years of Revolution, 1910-1940
: Mexico for the Mexicans
Intro
Americans Caught in the Middle
No Free Labor
Rise of the Orozquistas
Attacks against the Estates
The Fate of Settlers and Colonists
International Syndicates
Carranza's Revolution
Conclusion
: Interventions and Firestorms
Intro
The Invasion of Veracruz
Forming the Alliance against Germany
Revolutionary Nationalism
Violence near the Border
The Punitive Expedition
Black Gold
Close of an Era
Conclusion
: Crisis in the New Regime
Intro
An Era of Reform
Seizures and Foreclosures
A Renewed Attack on Laguna
Losing Everything
Labor Disputes and the Cristero War
Paracaidistas, Dives, and Bistros
Altering the Image of the Revolution
Conclusion
: Nationalization of Land and Industry
Intro
Sweeping Out the Americans
Gaining Control of Coasts and Borders
Confrontation in Campeche
Reform in Chihuahua
Further Foreclosures
Mineral Losses
Growing Closer
Conclusion
: The Reencounter, 1940-2000
: Cooperation and Accommodation
Intro
Last Days for Laguna
Strategic Acapulco
A Working Relationship with American Industry
New Resilience for American Interests
Continuing Agrarian Challenges
The Cuban Crisis
The Integration of Popular Culture
Conclusion
: Return of the American Financiers
Intro
American Capital and Mexican Debt
Free Trade
Collapse and Bailout
American Maquiladoras
Return of the Zapatistas
Drugs, Thugs, and Law Enforcement
Conclusion
: Mexico in the New World Order
Intro
Benefits of a Debacle
The Neo-Porfirian Economy
Pemex and National Ownership
Profits from Labor and Land
Resources on the Endangered List
Powerful Foreigners and Domestic Elites
Maneuvers in Chiapas
Culture and Religion
Conclusion
Conclusion:
Endpiece
: Partial List of American Landholdings and Ownership in Mexico, 100,000 Acres and More, 1910-1913
: Partial List of American Properties of More Than 100,000 Acres or of Special Significance, Derived via Government Portions of Land Surveys or from the Land Survey Companies, 1876-1910
: American Banking Syndicates Formed to Render Financial Support to Britain and Her Allies during World War I, September 1914-April 1917
Notes on Archival Sources
Abbreviations
Notes
Introduction. Imperial Ambition
Chapter 1. Arms and Capital
Chapter 2. Rival Concessionaires
Chapter 3. Ubiquitous Financiers
Chapter 4. Building the Railroads
Chapter 5. Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil
Chapter 6. Absentee Landlords
Chapter 7. Resident American Elite
Chapter 8. Boomers, Sooners, and Settlers
Chapter 9. Mexico for the Mexicans
Chapter 10. Interventions and Firestorms
Chapter 11. Crisis in the New Regime
Chapter 12. Nationalization of Land and Industry
Chapter 13. Cooperation and Accommodation
Chapter 14. Return of the American Financiers
Chapter 15. Mexico in the New World Order
Conclusion. Imperial America
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
List of Sources Cited
[No head in print version]
Memoirs
Interviews
Newspapers, Magazines, and Websites
Secondary Sources
Books
Articles and Chapters
Unpublished Works
Documents
Index
A-D
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M-Q
R-Z
About the Author
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