San Miguel de Allende : mexicans, foreigners, and the making of a world heritage site / Lisa Pinley Covert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Covert, Lisa Pinley, author.

Series:

The Mexican experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Research.

International relations.

San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--History.

San Miguel de Allende (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.

Summary:

"An exploration of the intersections of economic development and national identity formation in San Miguel de Allende during the twentieth century which analyzes both the Mexican and the foreign population within national, international, and transnational contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

"Struggling to free itself from a century of economic decline and stagnation, the town of San Miguel de Allende, nestled in the hills of central Mexico, discovered that its "timeless" quality could provide a way forward. While other Mexican towns pursued policies of industrialization, San Miguel--on the economic, political, and cultural margins of revolutionary Mexico--worked to demonstrate that it preserved an authentic quality, earning designation as a "typical Mexican town" by the Guanajuato state legislature in 1939. With the town's historic status guaranteed, a coalition of local elites and transnational figures turned to an international solution--tourism--to revive San Miguel's economy and to reinforce its Mexican identity. Lisa Pinley Covert examines how this once small, quiet town became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to one of Mexico's largest foreign-born populations. By exploring the intersections of economic development and national identity formation in San Miguel, she reveals how towns and cities in Mexico grappled with change over the course of the twentieth century. Covert similarly identifies the historical context shaping the promise and perils of a shift from an agricultural to a service-based economy. In the process, she demonstrates how San Miguel could be both typically Mexican and palpably foreign and how the histories behind each process were inextricably intertwined."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Making a Typical Mexican Town

2. Good Neighbors, Good Catholics, and Competing Visions

3. Bringing the Mexican Miracle to San Miguel

4. Containing Threats to Patriarchal Order and the Nation

5. San Miguel's Two Service Economies

Epilogue: From Typical Town to World Heritage Site

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 19, 2017).

ISBN:

9781496200600

1496200608

9781496201362

1496201361

OCLC:

985364416