Contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. Introduction IX
5. 1. The Structure of the Foreign-Owned Petroleum Industry in Mexico, 1880-1938 1
6. 2. The Cultural Roots of the Oil Workers' Unions in Tampico, 1910-1925 36
7. 3. The Rise and Fall of Union Democracy at Poza Rica, 1932-1940 63
8. 4. The Politics of the Expropriation 90
9. 5. Worker Participation in the Administration of the Petroleum Industry, 1938-1940 129
10. 6. The Expropriation and Great Britain 154
11. 7. The Expropriation in Comparative Perspective 173
12. 8. Technical and Economic Problems of the Newly Nationalized Industry 189
13. 9. The Consolidation and Expansion of Pemex, 1947-1958 208
14. 10. Pemex during the 1960s and the Crisis in Self-Sufficiency 233
15. 11. The Oil Industry and Mexico's Relations with the Industrial Powers 256
16. Conclusion: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Oil Sector in Mexican Society 280
17. Contributors 307
18. Index 309