Mexico in 1908

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This paper explains that, while Mexico City in 1908 may have been a great place to have fun, it was not a country in which a business consultant would recommend investments. The author points out that Porfirio Diaz, who had been in power since 1876, brought wealth to the elite in Mexico through foreign concessions in mining, railroads, and other sectors of the economy. However, that wealth did not trickle down to the middle and lower classes. The paper relates that a political system under a repressive dictator in any country is nearly always corrupt, and Mexico during the early 20th century was no exception.

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"Meantime, what a business consultant would see, in terms of the social and popular climate in Mexico City, was quite different. As for the general social climate, which of course has an effect on business, the Mexican people were deeply steeped in the Spanish-inspired bullfighting rituals. Mexicans were also in love with the American game of baseball, horseracing was a growing attraction, and boxing exhibitions were becoming popular too was a horse of a different color. Roller skating was popular (on wooden rollers). So many people were roller skating that in 1907, the police put a stop to roller skating on sidewalks."

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