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Mexico’s oil exports – not in the 1880s, as stated here (p. 25), but the 1910s) – and about the contents of Article 123 (pp. 56, 58). And although some interesting issues are portrayed in this work, I feel it could have provided a deeper analysis of the company’s performance and of its role in the regional economy. Finally, the book confirms an intriguing aspect about Mexico’s railroad history. As happened with other railroad companies in Mexico, the SPM made a significant contribution to the country (by means of integrating the western coast into the rest of the territory, offering fast and cheap transportation, and providing an exit – to the internal as well as the external markets – for the flourishing regional production of fruits an vegetables) but was far less successful from an entrepreneurial point of view.