Title British lions and Mexican eagles : business, politics, and empire in the career of Weetman Pearson in Mexico, 1889-1919 / Paul Garner

Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 319 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits Contents Weetman Pearson in historical and historiographical context : British-Mexican relations, informal empire, Mexican national development, and the rise of global business in the late nineteenth century -- British lions : business and politics in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain -- The foundations of a business empire : the Gran Canal in Mexico, 1889-1900 -- The extension of empire : the Tehuantepec National Railway, 1896-1918 -- The birth of El Aguila and the apotheosis of empire, 1901-10 -- The empire strikes back : revolution and counter-revolution 1911-13 -- The unravelling of empire : civil war and World War 1914-19 Summary Between 1889 and 1919, Weetman Pearson became one of the world's most important engineering contractors, a pioneer in the international oil industry, and one of Britain's wealthiest men. At the centre of his global business empire were his interests in Mexico. While Pearson's extraordinary success in Mexico took place within the context of unprecedented levels of British trade with and investment in Latin America, the book argues that Pearson should be understood less as an agent of British imperialism than as an agent of Porfirian state building and modernization Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Cowdray, Weetman Pearson, Viscount, 1856-1927. SUBJECT Cowdray, Weetman Pearson, Viscount, 1856-1927 fast Subject Businessmen -- Great Britain -- Biography Corporations, British -- Mexico -- History Engineers -- Great Britain -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General. HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico Businessmen Corporations, British Engineers International relations SUBJECT Great Britain -- Relations -- Mexico Mexico -- History -- 1867-1910. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084588 Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084590 Mexico -- Relations -- Great Britain Subject Great Britain Mexico Genre/Form Electronic books collective biographies. Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2011009656 ISBN 9780804779036 0804779031

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