Waking from the dream : Mexico's middle classes after 1968 / Louise E. Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Louise E., 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--Political activity--Mexico--History--20th century.

Middle class.

Mexico--Economic conditions--1970-1982.

Mexico.

Mexico--Economic conditions--1982-1994.

Mexico--Economic policy--1970-1994.

Mexico--Politics and government--1970-1988.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the postwar boom began to dissipate in the late 1960's, Mexico's middle classes awoke to a new, economically terrifying world. And following massacres of students at peaceful protests in 1968 and 1971, one-party control of Mexican politics dissipated as well. The ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party struggled to recover its legitimacy, but instead saw its support begin to erode. In the following decades, Mexico's middle classes ended up shaping the history of economic and political crisis, facilitating the emergence of neo-liberalism and the transition to democracy.

Contents:

Introduction : the middle classes and the crisis of the institutional revolution

Rebel generation : being a middle-class radical, 1971-1976

Cacerolazo : rumors, gossip, and the conservative middle classes, 1973-1976

The power of petróleo : black gold and middle-class noir, 1977-1982

Consumer-citizens : inflation, credit, and taxing the middle classes, 1973-1985

La crisis : on the front lines of austerity and apertura, 1981-1988

Earthquake : civil society in the rubble of Tlatelolco, 1985-1988

Conclusion : the debris of a miracle.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804784573

0804784574

OCLC:

823723900