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Industry and Underdevelopment - The Industrialization of Mexico, 1890-1940 (Hardcover)
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Industry and Underdevelopment - The Industrialization of Mexico, 1890-1940 (Hardcover)
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The recent economic troubles of Mexico should have surprised no
one, for the Mexican economy is an unhealthy one whose basic
problems extend back to the nineteenth century - that is the major
theme of this study of the formative years of industrialization in
Mexico. The author focuses on the forces - economic, political, and
technological - that have thwarted Mexican efforts to become a
competitive member of the international economic community. Unlike
most previous studies, which have relied on aggregate data
published by the Mexican government that lump together all
industries and all firms, this study is based almost entirely on
new material concerning individual companies and individual
entrepreneurs. This approach enables the author to examine a wide
range of new questions. What were the social origins of Mexico's
industrial entrepreneurs? What was their relation to the government
of Porfirio Diaz? How profitable were the major manufacturing
companies? What effects did the Revolution of 1910-1917 have on the
nation's physical plant and on investor confidence? What strategies
did firms follow to protect their markets and to prevent
competition? The author argues that the roots of modern Mexican
industrialization are not to be found in the restructuring of the
Mexican economy associated with the Revolution (indeed he contends
that the Revolution's effect on the economy has been exaggerated)
or in the economic growth stemming from World War II. Rather, he
sees the Porfiriato as the decisive era in Mexico's
industrialization. By examining the economic constraints on
large-scale industrialization during the Porfiriato, he explains
the factors that led to an industrial sector marked by
concentration of ownership, oligopoly and monopoly production, the
inability to compete in international markets, and the need for
constant government protection and subsidies.
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