Andrew Paxman

Jenkins of Mexico

How a Southern Farm Boy Became a Mexican Magnate

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a biography of the American who became the richest man in Mexico.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 542
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9780190455743
• ISBN-10: 0190455748
• Artikelnr.: 47864533

Autorenporträt

Andrew Paxman teaches history and journalism at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City and Aguascalientes. He is the co-author of El Tigre, a biography of the Mexican media mogul Emilio Azcárraga Milmo.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Black Legend of William O. Jenkins
Chapter 1: Coming of Age in Tennessee
Chapter 2: Fortune-Seeking in Mexico
Chapter 3: How to Get Rich in a Revolution
Chapter 4: Kidnapped, Jailed, Vilified
Chapter 5: Empire at Atencingo
Chapter 6: Resistance at Atencingo
Chapter 7: With Maximino
Chapter 8: Mining the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
Chapter 9: Enterprise, Profiteering, and the Death of the Golden Age
Chapter 10: The Jenkins Foundation and the Battle for the Soul of the PRI
Chapter 11: Jenkins' Earthly Afterlife
Epilogue: The Mixed Legacy of William O. Jenkins
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index