Title: Mexico and the United States in the oil controversy, 1917-1942 /
Authors: Meyer, Lorenzo
Publisher: University of Texas Press,
Year: 1977
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade Mexico; Petroleum industry and trade Government ownership Mexico; Mexico Foreign relations United States.; United States Foreign relations Mexico.; Mexico Dependency on United States.; Mexico Foreign economic relations United States.; United States Foreign economic relations Mexico.
Contents: Evolution of the Mexican oil industry -- Establishment of the first oil companies: 1900-1914 -- The formulation of a new oil policy -- Carranza and the oil reform -- From Obregón's victory to the Bucareli Agreement and the 1924 Accord -- Calles and his attmepts to put an oil law into effect -- In the shadow of Calles, the "Supreme leader of the revolution": a pause -- The Cárdenas Regime and solution once and for all of the oil problem -- From nationalization to World War II -- World War II and the final settlement of the oil controversy -- Final considerations.