Teresa Van Hoy: 1 book
A Social History of Mexico's Railroads
Peons, Prisoners, and Priests
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2008
Largely absent from our history books is the social history of railroad development in nineteenth-century Mexico, which promoted rapid economic growth that greatly benefited elites but also heavily impacted rural and provincial Mexican residents in communities traversed by the rails. In this beautifully...
