American Political and Economic Penetration of Mexico, 1877-1920 (American business abroad)

Jules Davids. Reproduced From The Ms. Of The Author's Thesis, Georgetown University, Washington, 1947. Bibliography: P. 431-436. Frontmatter (page N/A) PREFACE (page 1) PART I: THE SEEDS AMERICAN DIPLOMACY IN MEXICO: 1821 - 1868 HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I POINSETT'S MISSION TO MEXICO (page 1) CHAPTER II A "DIPLOMATIC" BRIBERY OF TEXAS (page 20) CHAPTER III THE PROBLEM OF TEXAS ANNEXATION (page 29) CHAPTER IV POLK GAMBLES FOR PEACE (page 42) CHAPTER V THE STRUGGLE FOR THE PACIFIC (page 61) CHAPTER VI A DECADE OF TERRITORIAL ADJUSTMENTS (page 75) CHAPTER VII MEXICO AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (page 91) CHAPTER VIII MAXIMILIAN'S MEXICAN MISADVENTURE (page 119) PART II: THE FULFILLMENT THE REIGN OF PORFIRIO DIAZ CHAPTER IX THE RECOGNITION OF PORFIRIO DIAZ (page 142) CHAPTER X AMERICAN ECONOMIC PENETRAITION INTO MEXICO (page 166) CHAPTER XI THE SYMPTOMS OF DECAY (page 200) PART III: CRISIS: THE MADERO REVOLUTION CHAPTER XII "A BLACK CLOUD NC LARGER THAN A MAN'S FIST" (page 224) CHAPTER XIII THE MADERO REVOLUTION (page 235) CHAPTER XIV STANDARD OIL STEPS IN (page 257) CHAPTER XV MADERO IN POWER (page 267) CHAPTER XVI AMERICAN DIPLOMACY DURING MEXICO'S TEN TRAGIC DAYS (page 287) CHAPTER XVII THE HUERTA REACTION (page 312) PART IV: THE CONSUMMATION: TRIUMPH OF CARRANZA CHAPTER XVIII WILSON AND THE LIND M1ISSION1 (page 343) CHAPTER X I TAMPICO (page 371) CHAPTER XX VERA CRUZ (page 383) CHAPTER XXI THE TRIUMPH OF CARRANZA (page 399) CHAPTER XXII EPILOGUE (page 419) CHAPTER XXIII CONCLUSION (page 427) BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 431)