Article: The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism and Society in Nuevo Leon, 1848-1910.(Book Review)

The Making of the Mexican Border: The State, Capitalism and Society in Nuevo Leon, 1848-1910. By Juan Mora Torres. (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2001. Pp. 346. $23.95.)

The author of this study investigates how the interplay of economics, politics, and social development shaped the state of Nuevo Leon between 1848 and the early twentieth century. Juan Mora Torres's work is a delightful, intellectual tour de force that brings history alive. In 1988, Alex Saragoza wrote about Monterrey's development between 1900 and 1940. Now, Torres provides a stunning look at the foundation of this state's development.

In chapter one, Torres investigates the region ...

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