The civilizing machine : a cultural history of Mexican railroads, 1876-1910 /
"In late nineteenth-century Mexico the Mexican populace was fascinated with the country's booming railroad network. Newspapers and periodicals were filled with art, poetry, literature, and social commentaries exploring the symbolic power of the railroad. As a symbol of economic, political,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Mexican experience.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- The discourse of development : the railroad debate of the early Porfiriato
- De viaje : elite views of modernity and the railroad boom
- Festivals of progress : the railroad ceremony
- The price of progress : popular perceptions of the railroad accident
- La loco-matona : the railroad in the popular and opposition press.