Jr William Schell (11 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Good. General used condition. Evident wear. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

Soft Cover. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light handling wear. Contents: Esser, "Some Relfections on the South"; Blackwell, "Perspective on the Brown Decision"; Schell, "A New Look at the Old Dominion"; Watson, "Strip Mining Wins a Victory"; Steele, "An Almanac for Survivors"; Walter, "Of Respect and Shame"; Humphreys, "Miller vs. Boyle" Revolt in the Coal Fields"; Greenstein, "Why Six Million Poor Southerners Can't Be Fed."; 10" (25.4 cm) tall; 64 pages. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Text clean and tight; few small tears to dust jacket ; Latin American Silhouettes; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages.

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Condition: New. Examines the largest foreign colony in Mexico during the reign of Porfirio Diaz, 1876-1911. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, bibliography, index, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJC; GTB; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612. . 1999. hardcover. . . . .

Hardback. Condition: New. In this original and compelling book book, William Schell Jr. examines the largest foreign colony in Mexico during the reign of Porfirio D'az, from 1876 to 1911. Expatriate Americans constituted the greatest number of technicians, technocrats, consultants, engineers, agronomists, mining specialists, railroad experts, and venture capitalists in Mexico. The influence of these 'integral outsiders' extended far beyond economics and Porfirian efforts to manage the booming era of Mexican modernization. Marriages between Americans and Mexican society women and membership in such organizations as Masonic brotherhoods brought the foreigners into the most important social circles. Integral Outsiders: The American Colony in Mexico City, 1876D1911, contains a colorful history of the Porfiriato through the lens of American participation, including carefully wrought descriptions of expatriate Americans. These individual biographies make the narrative more human and interesting, allowing Schell to move beyond the simplistic view of weak, greedy Mexican elites conspiring with powerful, greedy foreign capitalists to amass great wealth while impoverishing the Mexican masses and creating economic underdevelopment. Basing his comments on meticulous research, Schell points out that U.S. influence was hardly a one-way street and that the interaction between U.S. citizens and Mexicans was a complex system of cultural negotiations. He demonstrates convincingly that, while insinuating themselves into Mexican society, Americans thought that they were changing Mexico, and, in so doing, changed themselves. As Schell states, 'Ultimately, then, it may be said that the Porfirian regime got the form of hegemony it sought, and Washington took the sort of hegemony it could get.'.

Condition: New. Examines the largest foreign colony in Mexico during the reign of Porfirio Diaz, 1876-1911. Series: Latin American Silhouettes. Num Pages: 296 pages, notes, bibliography, index, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJC; GTB; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612. . 1999. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Hardback. Condition: New. In this original and compelling book book, William Schell Jr. examines the largest foreign colony in Mexico during the reign of Porfirio D'az, from 1876 to 1911. Expatriate Americans constituted the greatest number of technicians, technocrats, consultants, engineers, agronomists, mining specialists, railroad experts, and venture capitalists in Mexico. The influence of these 'integral outsiders' extended far beyond economics and Porfirian efforts to manage the booming era of Mexican modernization. Marriages between Americans and Mexican society women and membership in such organizations as Masonic brotherhoods brought the foreigners into the most important social circles. Integral Outsiders: The American Colony in Mexico City, 1876D1911, contains a colorful history of the Porfiriato through the lens of American participation, including carefully wrought descriptions of expatriate Americans. These individual biographies make the narrative more human and interesting, allowing Schell to move beyond the simplistic view of weak, greedy Mexican elites conspiring with powerful, greedy foreign capitalists to amass great wealth while impoverishing the Mexican masses and creating economic underdevelopment. Basing his comments on meticulous research, Schell points out that U.S. influence was hardly a one-way street and that the interaction between U.S. citizens and Mexicans was a complex system of cultural negotiations. He demonstrates convincingly that, while insinuating themselves into Mexican society, Americans thought that they were changing Mexico, and, in so doing, changed themselves. As Schell states, 'Ultimately, then, it may be said that the Porfirian regime got the form of hegemony it sought, and Washington took the sort of hegemony it could get.'.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 274 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Examines the largest foreign colony in Mexico during the reign of Porfirio Diaz, 1876-1911.&Uumlber den AutorWilliam Schell Jr. is professor of history at Murray State University.InhaltsverzeichnisChapter.