Routes of Compromise
Building Roads and Shaping the Nation in Mexico, 1917-1952
- 246 pages
- English
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In Routes of Compromise Michael K. Bess studies the social, economic, and political implications of road building and state formation in Mexico through a comparative analysis of Nuevo LeĂłn and Veracruz from the 1920s to the 1950s. He examines how both foreign and domestic actors, working at local, national, and transnational levels, helped determine how Mexico would build and finance its roadways. While Veracruz offered a radical model for regional construction that empowered agrarian communities, national consensus would solidify around policies championed by Nuevo LeĂłn's political and commercial elites. Bess shows that no single political figure or central agency dominated the process of determining Mexico's road-building policies. Instead, provincial road-building efforts highlight the contingent nature of power and state formation in midcentury Mexico.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Revolutionary Roads
- 1: âA Good Road . . . Brings Life to All of the Towns It Passesâ
- 2: âEveryone Was Ready to Do Their Partâ
- 3: âSo That These Problems May Be Placed in the Hand of the Presidentâ
- 4: âWe March with Mexico for Liberty!â
- 5: âThose Who Do Not Look Forward Are Left Behindâ
- 6: Charting the Contours
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About Michael K. Bess
- Series List
- Figures