Counterparts of technological diffusion: the regional economic impact of the railway during the time of porfiriato in Mexico 1876-1911

Rarely the impact of technology difussion is uniform in one region. The form it spreads and it is adopted affects the way it influences the social, economic and demographic aspects in a given space. The object of this article is to investigate the chiaroscuros of regional adoption of railroad during the Porfirian Regime in Mexico 1876-1911. How far this technological advance favored regional development during the years of porfirian order and progress.