Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. I. The Mexican Debt as an International Problem 1
5. II. First Steps in Foreign Financing (1822–1825) 16
6. III. A Generation of Financial Confusion (1826–1845) 49
7. IV. "Confusion Worse Confounded" (1846–1860) 91
8. V. A European Interlude (1861–1867) 126
9. VI. The Reestablishment of Mexican Credit (1867–1887) 171
10. VII. Growth of the Foreign Debt (1888–1914) 212
11. VIII. "A Via Crucis of Penury" (1915–1929) 263
12. IX. The Foreign Debt in 1929 318
13. Appendices 342
14. I . Table: The Burden of the External Debt of Mexico at Various Epochs 344
15. II. Principal Provisions of Contract of February 7, 1824, as Amended 347
16. III. Principal Provisions of Contract of August 25, 1824, for The Loan of 1825 351
17. IV. The Doyle Convention of December 4, 1851 353
18. V. The Carbajal-Corlies Contract 356
19. VI. Contract for Mexican External four Per Cent Gold Debt of 1910 364
20. VII. Agreement Between the Mexican Government and the International Committee of Bankers on Mexico 379
21. VIII. Deposit Agreement for Bonds, Notes and other Securities Included iin Plan and Agreement Dated June 16, 1922 387
22. X. Agreement Between the Mexican Government and the International Committee or Bankers on Mexico Modifying and Supplementing the Agreement Dated June 16, 1922 421
23. X. The Law of January 25, 1929 436
24. Index 441