Las patentes de invención mexicanas
Subtitle: instituciones, actores y artefactos (1821-1911)
By: Vandari M. Mendoza
Publisher: El Colegio de Michoacán
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Zamora, Michoacán
Language: spa
Number of pages: 634
ISBN-13: 9786075440170; 9786075440187; 9786075440163
Subjects: Patents; History; Inventions
Description: Extensive historical study of Mexican invention patents from time of independence to end of Porfirian age. Identifies various socio-technical conditions that shaped fate of national patents. Examines patent invention as a socially configured phenomenon, based on three variables: institutional order for patent regulation, social groups that applied for patents, and fields of invention in which Mexicans were active. Also considers larger processes such as industrial promotion policies, circulation of technical knowledge, and nature of Mexican technology culture during period studied. Edition limited to 500 copies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-608) and index.