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Matthews, Michael, 1978-

Title The civilizing machine : a cultural history of Mexican railroads, 1876-1910 / Michael Matthews.

Publication Info.	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
	2014

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (339 pages) : illustrations.
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Series	The Mexican experience
	Mexican experience.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The discourse of development : the railroad debate of the early Porfiriato -- De viaje : elite views of modernity and the railroad boom -- Festivals of progress : the railroad ceremony -- The price of progress : popular perceptions of the railroad accident -- La loco-matona : the railroad in the popular and opposition press.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Popular culture -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
	Railroads -- Mexico -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century.
	Railroads -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century.
	Mexico -- History -- 1867-1910.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Matthews, Michael, 1978- Civilizing machine : a cultural history of Mexican railroads, 1876-1910. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2014 xiii, 321 pages : illustrations Mexican experience 9780803243804 (DLC) 2013031269
ISBN	9780803243804 (pbk.)
	9780803249431 (electronic bk.)