"Beatty has produced a well-researched, carefully analyzed, and conceptually imaginative work. The writing is effective, the use of tables and graphs is appropriate, the organization is clear, and the conclusions are convincing. . . . Beatty . . . has provided a sophisticated contribution to our knowledge of Mexico before the revolution of 1910."--History: Reviews of New Books
"In an extremely well written and thoroughly researched monograph, Edward Beatty explores a subset of the institutional changes put into place under Diaz. . . . [This] is a book that all serious students of Latin American economic history should read. It offers enormous insight and an all too rare glimpse into the evolution and workings of selected strategic institutions in Porfirian Mexico."--EH.Net

Edward Beatty is Assistant Professor of History and a Fellow at the Kellogg Institute of International Studies of the University of Notre Dame.