Technology and the Imperative of Progreso, 1870–1910
Technology and the Imperative of Progreso, 1870–1910
This chapter surveys Mexico’s history of technology from about 1870 to the onset of revolution in 1910. Economic growth in the North Atlantic (the “second industrial revolution”) generated a dramatic increase in exports of technology—machinery and tools, print materials, and expertise embodied in engineers and skilled technicians. At the same time, Mexican officials and investors sought to embrace this expansion in order to promote material progress. Rapid change ensured, and again the chapter focuses on railroad transportation, steam power (and, later, electricity), and the development of the iron and steel industry.
Keywords: Atlantic economy, technology imports, spillover, railroads, steam engines, electricity, iron and steel, machinery
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