The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo León, 1848-1910

Juan Mora-Torres

Published by University of Texas Press 2001

The Making of the Mexican Border

The State, Capitalism, and Society in Nuevo León, 1848-1910

Juan Mora-Torres

https://doi.org/10.7560/752528

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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.

Author / Editor information

Juan Mora-Torres is Associate Professor of History at DePaul University in Illinois.

Reviews

This book is an important breakthrough. . . . It demonstrates how a regional economic elite emerged in an underdeveloped country and developed strategies that enabled it to interact with U.S. capitalists on its own terms. In doing this, the author presents a deep understanding of Mexican political, social, and economic history.

— John Mason Hart

Juan Mora Torres's work is a delightful, intellectual tour de force that brings history alive.

— The Historian

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. The Significance of 1848 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Two. The Taming of the Periphery, 1867–1890 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Three. City and Countryside, 1890–1910 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Four. Nuevo León and the Making of the Border Labor Market, 1890–1910 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
Five. The Crisis of the Countryside and Public Policy in the Late Porfiriato Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Six. Class, Culture, and Politics in Monterrey,1890–1910 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Seven. A Tale of Two Porfirian Firms The Cervecería Cuauhtémoc and the Fundidora de Monterrey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 360

eBook

Published: January 1, 2010
ISBN: 9780292798946