“A French Migrant Business Network in the Period of Export-Led Growth (ELG) in Mexico: The Case of the Barcelonnettes”, José Galindo2017-11-20 (economics, sociology)⁠:

After independence, Mexico became the destination for a current of migration from Barcelonnette, France. This migration increased 1870^–₆₀1930_94ya.

The combination of several conditions, strategies, and characteristics of these businessmen’s social networks allowed a substantial proportion to become wealthy.

This paper uses the example of the Barcelonnettes to show that the development of manufacturing industry in Mexico was not directly dependent on the need for foreign currency generated by exports in this period; however, these manufacturers benefited from the growth of the domestic market, which was the result of an increase of exports of primary goods.

[Keywords: Barcelonnettes, social networks, export-led growth, manufacturing sector, industrialization]