Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. FIGURES vi
4. TABLES vi
5. Preface vii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Commerce and Capital: The Economic Roots of the Monterrey Elite 16
8. 2. The Making of an Industrial Elite: The Political Economy of Monterrey, 1890-1910 31
9. 3. El patriotismo verdadero: The Social Foundations of the Monterrey Elite 72
10. 4. The Survival of a Porfirian Elite: Monterrey and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1918 96
11. 5. The Redefinition of Power: The Monterrey Elite and the New Mexican State, 1920-1928 114
12. 6. Elite and Society in the Postrevolutionary Era 136
13. 7. A Fateful Time: The Monterrey Elite and the Mexican State, 1929-1931 151
14. 8. Confrontation: The Monterrey Elite and Cardenismo, 1934-1940 170
15. 9. Epilogue as Preface to a New Era: The Monterrey Elite and the Elections of 1940 192
16. Notes 210
17. Selected Bibliography 249
18. INDEX 255