Oil, Banks, and Politics: The United States and Postrevolutionary Mexico, 1917-1924

by Linda Biesele Hall

Book Overview

Mexico was second only to the United States as the world's largest oil producer in the years following the Mexican Revolution. As the revolutionary government became institutionalized, it sought to assure its control of Mexico's oil resources through the Constitution of 1917, which returned subsoil rights to the nation. This comprehensive study explores the resulting struggle between oil producers, many of which were U.S. companies, and the Mexican...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292731019
• ISBN13: 9780292731011
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"