Álvaro Obregón

To continue the modernization of Mexico’s economic system, Diaz encouraged foreign financial investment. The cientificos believed that Mexico’s “salvation lay in transforming Mexico into a white man’s country oriented by European values and customs.” More than before, Mexico’s politics became influenced by Western European and American economies. To accelerate economic growth, he began an industrial revolution. Mass railroad construction further industrialized the nation and promoted capitalism…

Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…