PIEDRAS NEGRAS, City, Mexico

city (1990 pop. 96,178), Coahuila state, N Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Eagle Pass, Tex. Founded in 1849, the city grew as an international shipping point. Piedras Negras is a commercial and processsing center for the surrounding agricultural region. Industry includes coal mining and metal-ore furnaces. In 1888, Piedras Negras was renamed Ciudad Porfirio Díaz in honor of the dictator, but the old name was restored after his overthrow.

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books on: Piedras Negras City Mexico  - 88 results

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Mexico and Mexico City in the World Economy
Book by Edgar W. Butler, James B. Pick, W. James Hettrick; Westview Press, 2001
Subjects: Mexico City (Mexico)--Economic Conditions, Mexico--Economic Conditions--1994-
...Wright 1997 . Mexico has tended to...close to border cities. For instance...from the U.S. Mexico border city of Piedras Negras. Major thermal...in the border cities and reduces an...the State of Mexico and Federal District...
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The Mexican Venture: From Political to Industrial Revolution in Mexico
Book by Tomme Clark Call; Oxford University Press, 1953
Subjects: Mexico
...communications. The El Paso-Mexico City route also is completely paved...routes are building. The Nogales-Mexico City west coast highway was scheduled...1951 on the last two links of the Piedras Negras-Mexico City route via Saltillo and San...
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On the Rim of Mexico: Encounters of the Rich and Poor
Book by Ramón Eduardo Ruiz; Westview Press, 1998
Subjects: Mexican-American Border Region--Economic Conditions, Mexican-American Border Region--Social Conditions, Mexicans--Mexican-American Border Region--Economic Conditions, Mexicans--Mexican-American Border Region--Ethnic Identity, Mexicans--Mexican-American Border Region--Social Conditions, Mexico--Relations--United States, United States--Relations--Mexico
...these border cities; the coming...Laredo, and Piedras Negras to Mexico City and the United...and then to Mexico City. All the...converted American cities into important...joining them with Mexico City. Nevertheless...
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Industrial Revolution in Mexico
Book by Sanford A. Mosk; University of California Press, 1950
Subjects: Mexico--Industries
...supplement the open-hearth furnaces in the Piedras Negras mill. From Piedras Negras, La Consolidada ships steel ingots to its Mexico City mill for further processing. The principal rolling...
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Shadows over Anaahuac: An Ecological Interpretation of Crisis and Development in Central Mexico, 1730-1800
Book by Arij Ouweneel; University of New Mexico Press, 1996
Subjects: Indians Of Mexico--Mexico--Meseta Central--Economic Conditions, Meseta Central (Mexico)--Economic Conditions, Meseta Central (Mexico)--Environmental Conditions, Meseta Central (Mexico)--History
...1988; repr. Mexico City, 1994. Ouweneel...Community of Colonial Mexico. Fifteen Essays...in Bourbon Central Mexico:" A Critique of...Antropologia y marxismo . Mexico City, 1980. Pansters...Mateo Huiscolotepec a Piedras Negras. Historia de una...
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journal articles on: Piedras Negras City Mexico  - 20 results

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Border-City Idee Fixe
Journal article by Daniel D. Arreola; The Geographical Review, Vol. 86, 1996
Subjects: Cities and towns--Public opinion, Geographical perception--Research, Mexico--Urban areas
...the Mexican border city is only one of several...cohort of Rio Grande City, Texas - and Sonoita...implication of twin cities suggests communities...we were to see in Mexico. . . . But, despite...Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila - each...was called "Line City," whereas the Mexican...
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Time, Space, and Articulation in the Economic Development of the U.s.-mexico Border Region from 1940 to 2000
Journal article by Thomas Weaver; Human Organization, Vol. 60, 2001
Subjects: Boundaries, Economic development, Globalization, History, International relations-US, Mexico
...wages in border cities compared to those...permitted sale in Mexico of some plant...products. In 1973 Mexico allowed 100 percent...located in 13 cities and towns along...from $2.58 in Piedras Negras, Coahuila...1971). By 1973 Mexico had passed Taiwan...
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The Longue Duree of Africans in Mexico: The Historiography of Racialization, Acculturation, and Afro-Mexican Subjectivity
Journal article by Irene A. Vasquez; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 95, 2010
Subjects: Africans--Economic aspects, Africans--Educational aspects, Africans--History, Africans--Social aspects, Anthropological research, Mexico--Social aspects
...African presence in either Mexico in the colonial or postcolonial...European immigration to Mexico, mirroring similar efforts...the Mexican township of Piedras Negras in 1854. (44) At the...nation building" in Mexico positively, while understating...
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"Mexico in His Head": Slavery and the Texas-Mexico Border, 1810-1860
Journal article by Sean Kelley; Journal of Social History, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: Slavery, United States history
...for safe transport to Mexico. The effort failed...On an 1854 visit to Piedras Negras, a small town on the...traveled throughout northern Mexico. The fugitive estimated...settling a few days outside Piedras Negras and comprising a virtual...
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"They Are the Experts:" a Workers' Agenda for Social Change in Mexico's Maquiladoras
Journal article by Robert Huesca; Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Vol. 31, 2006
Subjects: Desarrollo de la comunidad--Investigacion cientifica, Desarrollo de la comunidad--Mexico, Desarrollo de la comunidad--Modelos, Globalizacion--Aspectos sociales, Globalizacion--Investigacion cientifica, Industria de ensemblaje exterior--Aspectos sociales, Industria de ensemblaje exterior--Investigacion cientifica, Industria de ensemblaje exterior--Mexico, Investigacion sociologica--Mexico, Movimiento laboral--Investigacion cientifica, Movimiento laboral--Mexico, Organizacion de la comunidad--Investigacion cientifica, Organizacion de la comunidad--Mexico, Organizacion de la comunidad--Modelos
...1983. The city and the grassroots...the U.S.-Mexico border. Tucson...Tape recording. Piedras Negras, Coah., Mexico...1975-1983. Mexico City: Secretaria...Tape recording. Piedras Negras, Coah., Mexico, 17 June. Klein...
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magazine articles on: Piedras Negras City Mexico  - 8 results

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Josefina Niggli: Daughter of the Mexican Revolution: Born in Mexico to American Parents in 1910, Josefina Niggli Portrayed Mexican Life from an Insider's Point of View, Writing Well-Received Plays and Novels in English
Magazine article by Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, November 2007
Subjects: Authors--Biography, Hispanic Americans--Biography, Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920, Niggli, Josephina--Biography, Writers--Biography
...was raised in Mexico City "on the myth of the...Niggli lived in or near Mexico for most of his life...moved there--and to Piedras Negras, just across the border in Mexico--during the US...particular family, but the city itself is a significant...
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Cracks in the P.R.I. Monolith?
Magazine article by Luis J. Rodriguez; The Nation, Vol. 240, June 29, 1985
Subjects: Institutional Revolutionary Party (Mexico)--Political activity, Mayors--Elections, Mexican foreign relations--United States, Mexico--Political aspects, National Action Party (Mexico)--Political activity, United States, United States foreign relations--Mexico
...confrontation in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, directly...protesters burned City Hall and the jail...erupted in other cities, reflecting popular...affairs the party wants Mexico to withdraw from...Mexicos problems are in Mexico and the exclusive...percent. Mexico City--with 17 million...
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Mexico's Maquiladoras Go Way South of the Border
Magazine article by I-Chun Chen; Global Finance, Vol. 15, February 2001
Subjects: Economic development, Factories, Mexico, North American Free Trade Agreement
...Chen Women in rural Mexico who only a few years...electricity. "Areas in Mexico in which we need...northern border cities forced up wages...Maquiladora Association in Piedras Negras. Coupled with that...Saltillo and the city of Torreon have...via the Gulf of Mexico. "We can send...
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Laboring to Cross the NAFTA Divide
Magazine article by David Bacon; The Nation, Vol. 261, November 13, 1995
Subjects: Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico, Occupational health and safety--Mexico, Occupational safety and health--Mexico, Union busting--Mexico, Work environment--Mexico
...registering new unions in Mexico. In July, Sony...was also filed in Mexico against the United...filled the Zocalo, Mexico Citys central plaza...Juarez, Matamoros, Piedras Negras, Ciudad Acuna and...workers. In New York City, the Interfaith...
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Alumni News: What Are Business Graduates Doing Now?
Magazine article; Baylor Business Review, Vol. 18, Fall 2000
...NBC throughout Eagle Pass, Piedras Negras, southwest Texas, and Mexico. Pena is currently serving...president and board member of the Piedras Negras Chamber of Commerce. Raymond...Financial/First Call in New York City. First Call provides broker...
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newspaper articles on: Piedras Negras City Mexico  - 4 results

 
 
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Texas Cities Oppose Border Fence; Residents Deny Federal Officials Access to Land
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 21, 2008
Subjects: Border security
...They said the two cities and local Border Patrol...Eagle Pass, Texas, to Piedras Negras, Mexico, has U.S. and Texas...painted on it. The city faces a lawsuit filed...Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico, after shopping...
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World & Nation in 60 Seconds the World the Nation
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 22, 2011
...archbishop resigns: VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Bernard Law...Mexican police found dead: PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico -- Assailants kidnapped...in the Mexican border city of Acuna, authorities...in lawsuit: SALT LAKE CITY -- Microsofts Windows...
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Born to Be Wild
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, August 2, 2007
...Piedras Negras, Mexico. I met Tim Bearden...through colonial Mexico -- a 2,500...us at a motel in Piedras Negras. Early the next...of authentic Old Mexico. From our rooftop...Mexicos colonial cities. Zacatecas, set...silver-producing city in the world, with...
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World & Nation in 60 Seconds the World the Nation
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 19, 2010
...affairs. 17 killed at party in Mexico: PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico -- Gunmen stormed a party in northern Mexico on Sunday and massacred 17 people...plume of smoke over Yakima, a city of about 71,000.


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encyclopedia articles on: Piedras Negras City Mexico  - 4 results

 
 
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Piedras Negras , City, Mexico
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PIEDRAS NEGRAS , city, Mexico city (1990 pop. 96,178), Coahuila state, N Mexico, on the...Founded in 1849, the city grew as an international shipping point. Piedras Negras is a commercial and processsing center for the surrounding agricultural...
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Maya , Indigenous People of Mexico and Central America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...state of Chiapas, Mexico; Guatemala and...Panuco basin of Mexico), the population...Honduras, El Mirador, Piedras Negras , Tikal , and Uaxactun...Palenque and Uxmal in Mexico. Neither during...series of small, city-state-like polities...many of the major cities were abandoned...
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Eagle Pass
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EAGLE PASS city (1990 pop. 20,651), seat of...of entry on the Rio Grande opposite Piedras Negras, Mexico; inc. 1918. Linked by highway with...Americans, including the 1855 burning of Piedras Negras; it also housed U.S. troops during...
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Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...that are now Mexico and Guatemala...valleys, such as Piedras Negras and Palenque ; and the cities of central and...and Tabasco, Mexico, was developing...the greatest in Mexico; its monumental...day Mexico City in the Valley...


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