British lions and Mexican eagles business, politics, and empire in the career of Weetman Pearson in Mexico, 1889-1919 /
Between 1889 and 1919, Weetman Pearson became one of the world's most important engineering contractors, a pioneer in the international oil industry, and one of Britain's wealthiest men. At the centre of his global business empire were his interests in Mexico. While Pearson's extraord...
| Основен автор: | Garner, Paul H. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
2011.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=390624 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
British lions and Mexican eagles. |
| Резюме: |
Between 1889 and 1919, Weetman Pearson became one of the world's most important engineering contractors, a pioneer in the international oil industry, and one of Britain's wealthiest men. At the centre of his global business empire were his interests in Mexico. While Pearson's extraordinary success in Mexico took place within the context of unprecedented levels of British trade with and investment in Latin America, the book argues that Pearson should be understood less as an agent of British imperialism than as an agent of Porfirian state building and modernization. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 319 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780804779036 0804779031 |