Author: Daniel Lewis
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816528035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Available in paperback October 2008! The Southern Pacific of Mexico was a U.S.Ðowned railroad that operated between 1898 and 1951, running from the Sonoran town of Nogales, just across the border from Arizona, to the city of Guadalajara, stopping at several northwestern cities and port towns along the way. Owned by the Southern Pacific Company, which operated a highly profitable railroad system north of the border, the SP de Mex transported millions of passengers as well as millions of tons of freight over the years, both within Mexico and across its northern border. However, as Daniel Lewis discloses in this thoroughly researched investigation of the railroad, it rarely turned a profit. So why, Lewis wonders, did a savvy, money-minded U.S. corporation continue to operate the railroad until it was nationalized by the Mexican government more than a half-century after it was constructed? Iron Horse Imperialism reveals that the relationship between the Mexican government and the Southern Pacific Company was a complex one, complicated by MexicoÕs defeat by U.S. forces in the mid-nineteenth century and by SPÕs failure to understand that it was conducting business in a country whose leaders were ambivalent about its presence. Lewis contends that SP executives, urged on by the media of the day, operated with a reflexive imperialism that kept the company committed to the railroad long after it ceased to make business sense. Incorporating information discovered in both Mexican and American archives, some of which was previously unavailable to researchers, this comprehensive book deftly describes the complicated, decades-long dance between oblivious U.S. entrepreneurs and wary Mexican officials. It is a fascinating story.
Iron Horse Imperialism
Author: Daniel Lewis
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816528035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Available in paperback October 2008! The Southern Pacific of Mexico was a U.S.Ðowned railroad that operated between 1898 and 1951, running from the Sonoran town of Nogales, just across the border from Arizona, to the city of Guadalajara, stopping at several northwestern cities and port towns along the way. Owned by the Southern Pacific Company, which operated a highly profitable railroad system north of the border, the SP de Mex transported millions of passengers as well as millions of tons of freight over the years, both within Mexico and across its northern border. However, as Daniel Lewis discloses in this thoroughly researched investigation of the railroad, it rarely turned a profit. So why, Lewis wonders, did a savvy, money-minded U.S. corporation continue to operate the railroad until it was nationalized by the Mexican government more than a half-century after it was constructed? Iron Horse Imperialism reveals that the relationship between the Mexican government and the Southern Pacific Company was a complex one, complicated by MexicoÕs defeat by U.S. forces in the mid-nineteenth century and by SPÕs failure to understand that it was conducting business in a country whose leaders were ambivalent about its presence. Lewis contends that SP executives, urged on by the media of the day, operated with a reflexive imperialism that kept the company committed to the railroad long after it ceased to make business sense. Incorporating information discovered in both Mexican and American archives, some of which was previously unavailable to researchers, this comprehensive book deftly describes the complicated, decades-long dance between oblivious U.S. entrepreneurs and wary Mexican officials. It is a fascinating story.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816528035
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Available in paperback October 2008! The Southern Pacific of Mexico was a U.S.Ðowned railroad that operated between 1898 and 1951, running from the Sonoran town of Nogales, just across the border from Arizona, to the city of Guadalajara, stopping at several northwestern cities and port towns along the way. Owned by the Southern Pacific Company, which operated a highly profitable railroad system north of the border, the SP de Mex transported millions of passengers as well as millions of tons of freight over the years, both within Mexico and across its northern border. However, as Daniel Lewis discloses in this thoroughly researched investigation of the railroad, it rarely turned a profit. So why, Lewis wonders, did a savvy, money-minded U.S. corporation continue to operate the railroad until it was nationalized by the Mexican government more than a half-century after it was constructed? Iron Horse Imperialism reveals that the relationship between the Mexican government and the Southern Pacific Company was a complex one, complicated by MexicoÕs defeat by U.S. forces in the mid-nineteenth century and by SPÕs failure to understand that it was conducting business in a country whose leaders were ambivalent about its presence. Lewis contends that SP executives, urged on by the media of the day, operated with a reflexive imperialism that kept the company committed to the railroad long after it ceased to make business sense. Incorporating information discovered in both Mexican and American archives, some of which was previously unavailable to researchers, this comprehensive book deftly describes the complicated, decades-long dance between oblivious U.S. entrepreneurs and wary Mexican officials. It is a fascinating story.
The Railroads of Mexico
Author: Fred Wilbur Powell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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The Texas and Pacific Railway Company, Complainant, Vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of New Mexico, Defendant
Author: Southern Pacific railroad company (of New Mexico).
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 17
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Mexico
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Author: Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Publisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Southern Pacific Railroad, Via New Orleans, San Antonio and El Paso
Author: Richard S. Spofford
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Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pacific railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Southern Pacific Bulletin
Texas & Pacific Railw'y Co., Vs. the Southern Pacific Railroad of New Mexico
Author: New Mexico. District Court (3d District)
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
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The Railroads of Mexico
The Southern Pacific of Mexico and the West Coast Route
Author: John R. Signor
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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