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From many, one : Indians, peasants, borders, and education in Callista Mexico, 1924-1935 / Andrae M. Marak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marak, Andrae M. (Andrae Micheal)
- Series:
- Latin American and Caribbean series ; 7.
- Latin American and Caribbean series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education and state--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Education and state.
- Nationalism and education.
- History.
- Peasants--Education.
- Indians of Mexico--Education.
- Indians of Mexico--Cultural assimilation.
- Mexico.
- Indians of Mexico--Cultural assimilation--History--20th century.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Indians of Mexico--Education--History--20th century.
- Peasants--Education--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Peasants.
- Nationalism and education--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Mexico--Politics and government--1910-1946.
- Politics and government.
- Education--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 226 pages : maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- During his presidency and the period known as the Maximato, Plutarco Elias Calles put in place a series of national educational policies with the goal of constructing an economically prosperous and culturally unified Mexico. From Many, One examines the Calles government's attempts to centralize control over education in the U.S.-Mexican borderlands region and to transform its rural and indigenous inhabitants into more "mainstream" Mexicans. Calles' nation-building programs met with varying degrees of success. Not surprisingly, his new educational policies sparked a good deal of backlash among those affected. Andrae Marak's analysis focuses on three main incidents which caused the most contention: the establishment of frontier schools along the border in order to promote nationalism and protect against the onslaught of U.S. cultural and economic imperialism; the takeover of state primary schools by government inspectors in Chihuahua; and the government's indigenous assimilation program, which aimed to integrate numerous culturally distinct groups into a monocultural Mexican nation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781552382509
- 1552382508
- OCLC:
- 299224771
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