HIST 286 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Porfirio Díaz, Personalism, Big Umbrella
Document Summary
Terminated 34 year dictatorship led by porfirio diaz. Diaz regime emblematic of old patriarchal way of rural city and desire to modernize in image of europe. Ruled as a dictator but had been a shrewd dictator. Provided government favours, opportunities to enrich themselves, etc. to small bosses. Created pyramid that worked to control and marginalize political opponents. Perfect ideal for mexico to be like argentina and attract. Reality was that most of the investments came from united. Forces of modernization undermining political arrangements that brought mexico economic stability before. More than 22% of mexican land surface came to control of us landowners. Upset smaller ranchers, landowners, etc. who couldn"t compete with. Government gave concessions to american companies to exploit particular mines. Did it in a way that upset many mexican individuals. To make that legal, had to overturn old laws that declared everything under land belonged to state rather than person who actually owns land.
