- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- The American Passage to Mexico
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Imperial Ambition
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1 Arms and Capital -
2 Rival Concessionaires -
3 Ubiquitous Financiers -
4 Building the Railroads -
5 Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil -
6 Absentee Landlords -
7 Resident American Elite -
8 Boomers, Sooners, and Settlers -
9 Mexico for the Mexicans -
10 Interventions and Firestorms -
11 Crisis in the New Regime -
12 Nationalization of Land and Industry -
13 Cooperation and Accommodation -
14 Return of the American Financiers -
15 Mexico in the New World Order - Conclusion Imperial America
- Endpiece
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Appendix 1 Partial List of American Landholdings and Ownership in Mexico, 100,000 Acres and More, 1910–1913 -
Appendix 2 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 -
Appendix 3 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
- Bibliography
- Index
Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil
Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil
- Chapter:
- (p.131) 5 Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil
- Source:
- Empire and Revolution
- Author(s):
JOHN MASON HART
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter examines the exploration of Mexico's natural resources by the Americans. The nation contained major deposits of essential metals and one of the world's largest petroleum fields. The position of the American mining and oil interests was strengthened by congressional approval of the 1884 mining code which reversed the colonial-era law that declared that Mexico's subsoil resources were owned by the government and in 1892 when the government bequeathed unquestioned title to whatever subsoil deposits there might be to property buyers. However, the ruthless tactics of the American capitalists and the lack of lasting benefits from mining combined to frustrate the plans of the Porfirio Díaz administration.
Keywords: natural resources, Mexico, Americans, essential metals, petroleum fields, mining code, American capitalists, Porfirio Díaz
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- Title Pages
- [UNTITLED]
- Dedication
- The American Passage to Mexico
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Imperial Ambition
-
1 Arms and Capital -
2 Rival Concessionaires -
3 Ubiquitous Financiers -
4 Building the Railroads -
5 Silver, Copper, Gold, and Oil -
6 Absentee Landlords -
7 Resident American Elite -
8 Boomers, Sooners, and Settlers -
9 Mexico for the Mexicans -
10 Interventions and Firestorms -
11 Crisis in the New Regime -
12 Nationalization of Land and Industry -
13 Cooperation and Accommodation -
14 Return of the American Financiers -
15 Mexico in the New World Order - Conclusion Imperial America
- Endpiece
-
Appendix 1 Partial List of American Landholdings and Ownership in Mexico, 100,000 Acres and More, 1910–1913 -
Appendix 2 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 -
Appendix 3 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
- Bibliography
- Index
