Diplomacy of expropriation : American and British reactions to Mexico's expropriation of foreign oil properties, 1937-1943

On 18 March 1938 Mexican labour problems in the oil industry culminated in Mexican President Lazaro Cardenas' decision to expropriate the holdings of 17 American, Dutch and British oil companies.1 The purpose of this thesis is to fill the gaps in the literature on the Mexican oil nationalisatio...

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Main Author: Jayne, Catherine E.
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 1998
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286503