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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael K. BessPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9781496202468ISBN 10: 1496202465 Pages: 234 Publication Date: 01 December 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Revolutionary Roads Chapter 1: “A Good Road . . . Brings Life to All of the Towns It Passes”: The Fight for a National and Public Road-Building Program Chapter 2: “Everyone Was Ready to Do Their Part”: Road Politics and State Bureaucracies Take Shape in Nuevo León and Veracruz Chapter 3: “So That These Problems May Be Placed in the Hand of the President”: Roads and Motor Travel under Cardenismo Chapter 4: “We March with Mexico for Liberty!”: Road Building in Wartime Chapter 5: “Those Who Do Not Look Forward Are Left Behind”: Alemanismo’s Road to Prosperity Chapter 6: Charting the Contours: State Power in Mexico’s Road-Building Efforts Appendix A: Comparing the Real Cost of Federal and State Spending on Roads Appendix B: Comparing the Budgets for Program for Cooperation on Roads and the Comisión Nacional de Caminos Vecinales Appendix C: Minimum Wages in Nuevo León and Veracruz for Road Workers Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsA richly documented study of the national, regional, and local politics surrounding road construction in Mexico. Obligatory reading for students interested in state-building, economic development, and everyday conflicts over the spoils of modernization. -Barry Carr, professor emeritus at La Trobe University and coeditor of The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire -- Barry Carr Comparative in approach and sensitive to the transnational dimension and the agendas of politicians, bureaucrats, and members of an array of social groups, Michael Bess's nuanced treatment of Mexican road-building is a must-read for anyone interested in Mexico's postrevolutionary experience. -Samuel Brunk, professor of history at the University of Texas, El Paso, and author of The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata: Myth, Memory, and Mexico's Twentieth Century -- Samuel Brunk A compelling analysis of the essential but overlooked impact of road building in modern Mexico. Exhaustively researched and cogently argued, few recent works are as important to understanding how state power, economic modernization, and nation-building converged in twentieth-century Mexico. -Susan Gauss, associate professor of Latin American and Iberian studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston -- Susan Gauss A compelling analysis of the essential but overlooked impact of road building in modern Mexico. Exhaustively researched and cogently argued, few recent works are as important to understanding how state power, economic modernization, and nation-building converged in twentieth century Mexico. -Susan Gauss, associate professor of Latin American and Iberian studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston -- Susan Gauss Comparative in approach and sensitive to the transnational dimension and the agendas of politicians, bureaucrats, and members of an array of social groups, Michael Bess's nuanced treatment of Mexican road-building is a must-read for anyone interested in Mexico's postrevolutionary experience. -Samuel Brunk, professor of history at the University of Texas, El Paso, and author of The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata: Myth, Memory, and Mexico's Twentieth Century -- Samuel Brunk A richly documented study of the national, regional, and local politics surrounding road construction in Mexico. Obligatory reading for students interested in state-building, economic development, and everyday conflicts over the spoils of modernization. -Barry Carr, professor emeritus at La Trobe University and coeditor of The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire -- Barry Carr A compelling analysis of the essential but overlooked impact of road building in modern Mexico. Exhaustively researched and cogently argued, few recent works are as important to understanding how state power, economic modernization, and nation-building converged in twentieth-century Mexico. -Susan Gauss, associate professor of Latin American and Iberian studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston -- Susan Gauss Comparative in approach and sensitive to the transnational dimension and the agendas of politicians, bureaucrats, and members of an array of social groups, Michael Bess's nuanced treatment of Mexican road-building is a must-read for anyone interested in Mexico's postrevolutionary experience. -Samuel Brunk, professor of history at the University of Texas, El Paso, and author of The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata: Myth, Memory, and Mexico's Twentieth Century -- Samuel Brunk A richly documented study of the national, regional, and local politics surrounding road construction in Mexico. Obligatory reading for students interested in state-building, economic development, and everyday conflicts over the spoils of modernization. -Barry Carr, professor emeritus at La Trobe University and coeditor of The New Latin American Left: Cracks in the Empire -- Barry Carr Michael K. Bess's new book on road building in post-Revolutionary Mexico uses the network of federal highways and local dirt roads constructed in the first half of the twentieth century as an apt metaphor for the mediated and uneven penetration of state power during that era. -Casey Marina Lurtz, Journal of Social History -- Casey Marina Lurtz * Journal of Social History * Author InformationMichael K. Bess teaches history at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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