The Making of
the Porfiriato
The Road to the
Mexican Revolution
Porfirio Diaz

1876

Industry

Technology

Science

Inconsistent leadership
The Porfiriato

Problems with the Treasury

Foreign Debt

Mexico’s Credit Rating

Foreign Investments

Agricultural Techniques
The Porfiriato
 Corruption
 Health
in Mexico
Issues
Mexico City street market
 Mexico
City
Order and Progress

The Image of Mexico

Foreign Investors

The Rule of Law

Internal Rebellions

The Hayes Administration
The Mexican Economy
 Smuggling
 New
Smuggling Laws
 General
Manuel Gonzalez
 Problems
for Gonzalez
Modernization
 The
return of Diaz
 Moving
towards industrialization
 The
Department of Communications
and Public Works
 Flood
Control efforts in Mexico City
The Rise of Industry in Mexico
 Railroads
 Silver
Mining
 Oil
 The
Cost of
Industrialization
Cananea, Sonora Mexico
Modernization
 The
role of the
Federal Army
 Democracy
Mexico
in
 The
Mexican Press
 The
Rurales
Society in Mexico

Social Darwinism in Mexico

The Hacienda System

Railroad Construction

New Land Laws under Diaz

The power of the land owners
Society in Mexico

Hacendados

Peones

Mayordomos

Wages and Working
Conditions

Tienda de raya
Society in Mexico

Financial problems for the peons

The rule of the mayordomo

Adobe shacks

Infant mortality rate

The Population of Mexico