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 in Mexico

Health Issues

Mexico CityMexico City street market

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 in Mexico

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