Gorgeous Girl by Mary K Pershall
Although this study is largely an economic history of the Mexican mining industry from the end of the nineteenth to the middle of the twentieth centuries, it gives perspective to the development problems of this foreign-owned industry against the background of Mexican national growth and political change. The patterns of the industry's structure and operations are seen as a product of many forces--domestic and foreign, technological and social. Its present position in Mexico's economic and political life is the result of a complex history which is too often ignored by easy and glib explanations of the industry's ills and its probable future. After a survey of the establishment of the industry by the Spaniards and its many difficulties during the War of Independence and the disorders of the mid-nineteenth century, Dr. Bernstein begins an intensive study of the following subjects: company histories, the history and economics of technological change, the shifting patterns of industrial locations, world metal markets and the altering of Mexico's place in them, the effects of changes in such industries as power and transportation, the social problem of labor relations and its resultant political and economic effects, the interaction of shifting Government economic and social policies, mining law and taxes with the industry's development under the private ownership of aliens. Dr. Bernstein has drawn a many-faceted picture of an old industry in a newly developing land. He examines the difficult problems of adjusting a highly mechanized industry dominated by foreign capital and oriented to external markets to the economy of a nation animated by a newly awakened nationalism and social consciousness.
Mary K. Pershall has written novels for children and young adults, including a trilogy co-authored with her daughter Anna Two Weeks in Grade Six, A Term in Year Seven, and Escape from Year Eight. As well as the Ruby Clair trilogy and the award-winning You Take the High Road, Mary has titles published in the Aussie Bites series. For many years she worked as an editor and writer for the student magazines published by the Education Department, and later as a relieving assistant principal in 10 different schools. More recently, through the Royal Children's Hospital, she tutored students with chronic illnesses or brain injuries.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143789925 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143789929 |
| Title | Gorgeous Girl |
| Author | Mary K Pershall |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Year published | 2018-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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