Rails, Mines, and Progress: Seven American Promoters in Mexico, 1867-1911

Pletcher, David M.

ISBN 10: 0804615470 / ISBN 13: 9780804615471

Published by Kennikat Press, Port Washington NY, 1972

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The 7 mine promoters ran a wide gamut of interests and origins: diplomacy, the army, business, politics, and social reform: Civil War General Rosecrans, Diplomat Edward Lee Plumb, Utopian reformer Albert Owen, Ex-President Ulysses Grant, City boss Alexander Shepherd, Cowboy William C. Green, Railroad tycoon Arthur Stilwell. 321 pages.; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 ''.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rails, Mines, and Progress: Seven American Promoters in Mexico, 1867-1911
• Publisher: Kennikat Press, Port Washington NY
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804615470
• ISBN 13: 9780804615471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New with no dust jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, Physical Sciences, & Math

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Synopsis

Fascinating history of seven prominent Americans and the role they played in promoting (sometimes successfully, oftentimes not) the growth of railroads in Mexico during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Chapters discuss William S. Rosecrans, Edward Lee Plumb, Albert Kimsey Owen, Ulysses S. Grant, "Boss" Alexander R. Shepherd, Wiliam C. Greene, and Arthur E. Stilwell. The book is relevant not only for the light it shines on the development of Mexican railroads but also for its insights into development in today's Third World nations. 321 pages. This book won the 1957 Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association.