1. The Making of the Porfiriato
The Road to the
Mexican Revolution

2. Porfirio Diaz
1876
Industry
Technology
Science
Inconsistent leadership

3. The Porfiriato Problems with the Treasury Foreign Debt
Mexico’s Credit Rating
Foreign Investments
Agricultural Techniques

4. The Porfiriato Corruption in Mexico Health Issues Mexico City
Mexico City street market

5. Order and Progress The Image of Mexico Foreign Investors
The Rule of Law
Internal Rebellions
The Hayes Administration

6. The Mexican Economy Smuggling New Smuggling Laws
General Manuel Gonzalez
Problems for Gonzalez

7. Modernization The return of Diaz Moving towards industrialization
The Department of Communications and Public Works
Flood Control efforts in Mexico City

8. The Rise of Industry in Mexico
Railroads
Silver Mining
Oil
The Cost of Industrialization
Cananea, Sonora Mexico

9. Modernization The role of the Federal Army Democracy in Mexico
The Mexican Press
The Rurales

10. Society in Mexico Social Darwinism in Mexico The Hacienda System
Railroad Construction
New Land Laws under Diaz
The power of the land owners

11. Society in Mexico Hacendados Peones Mayordomos
Wages and Working Conditions
Tienda de raya

12. Society in Mexico Financial problems for the peons
The rule of the mayordomo
Adobe shacks
Infant mortality rate
The Population of Mexico