Oil, Banks, and Politics: The United States and Postrevolutionary Mexico, 1917-1924

A study in conflict between a powerful industry and a struggling nation: "This fine monograph . . . addresses an important issue in Mexican history." —The Americas

Mexico was second only to the United States as the world's largest oil producer in the years following the Mexican Revolution. As the revolutionary government became institutionalized, it sought to assure its control of Mexico's oil resources through the Constitution of 1917, which returned subsoil rights to the nation. This comp...