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Publication Date

12-5-1978

Abstract

Studies of Mexican economic development during the era of Porfirio D1az (1876-1911) have focused on foreign investment and the resultant modernization. Little has been written about the policies which promoted development. This study, based on newspapers, government memorias, and the correspondence of Vicente Riva Palacio and Porfirio Diaz, examines those policies and explains how they were formed. Porfirian development policies emerged from a consensus which evolved after Independence. Its major features were that Mexico was potentially rich and that its potential would be realized with the establishment of order and security, development of a transportation system, successful promotion of immigration, and elimination of institutional obstacles to development. Between 1867 and 1876, the regimes of Benito Juarez and Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada attempted to translate that consensus into policies. Porfirian development poli­cies were largely a continuation of these trends.

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Degree Name

History

Department Name

History

First Committee Member (Chair)

Edwin Lieuwen

Second Committee Member

Peter John Bakewell

Third Committee Member

Illegible

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

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