The Unravelling of Empire
The Unravelling of Empire
Civil War and World War, 1914–19
This chapter examines the impact of World War 1 on Viscount Cowdray's business interests in Mexico. It describes the events which led Cowdray to withdraw from the direct management of the Tehuantepec Railway and to sell the controlling interest in El Aguila to the Shell Group in May 1919. It also discusses why the oil fields managed to retain an important degree of immunity from the bitter civil war which raged throughout Mexico between 1914 and 1920.
Keywords: Viscount Cowdray, business interests, Mexico, World War 1, Tehuantepec Railway, El Aguila, Shell Group, oil fields, civil war
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