| Description |
xii, 411 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in environment and history |
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Studies in environment and history.
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| Contents |
"Paradise" and "progress" : the Huasteca in the nineteenth century -- Controlling the tropical forest : the shift in land tenure patterns -- The anatomy of progress : changing land use patterns -- "Masters of men, masters of nature" : social change in the Huasteca -- "Coarse in manner" : Mexican oil workers, 1905-1921 -- Revolutionaries, conservation, and wasteland -- Revolution from below : the oil unions, 1924-1938 |
| Summary |
"This book explores the social and environmental consequences of oil extraction in the tropical rainforest. Using northern Veracruz as a case study, the author argues that oil production generated major historical and environmental transformations in land tenure systems and uses, and social organization. Such changes, furthermore, entailed effects, including the marginalization of indigenes, environmental destruction, and tense labor relations. In the context of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), however, the results of oil development did not go unchallenged. Mexican oil workers responded to their experience by forging a politicized culture and a radical left militancy that turned "oil country" into one of the most significant sites of class conflict in revolutionary Mexico |
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Ultimately, the book argues, Mexican oil workers deserve their share of credit for the 1938 decree nationalizing the foreign oil industry - heretofore reserved for President Lazaro Cardenas - and thus changing the course of Mexican history."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-396) and index |
| Subject |
Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Mexico -- Huasteca Region -- History -- 20th century.
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Industrial relations -- Mexico -- Huasteca Region -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084590 -- Economic aspects.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005484
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| LC no. |
2006006970 |
| ISBN |
9780521863247 hardback |
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0521863244 hardback |
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