Unintended Lessons of Revolution : student teachers and political radicalism in twentieth-century Mexico / Tanalís Padilla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Padilla, Tanalís, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Political activity.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 355 pages)

Other Title:

Unintended Lessons of Revolution

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.

Summary:

"Tanalís Padilla traces the history of the normales rurales-rural schools in Mexico that trained campesino teachers-and outlines how despite being intended to foster a modern, patriotic citizenry, they became sites of radical politics."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Normales, education, and national projects

A new kind of school, a new kind of teacher

"And that's when the main blow came"

Education at a crossroads

"The infinite injustice committed against our class brothers"

Learning in the barricades

"A crisis of authority"

"That's how we'd meet ... clandestinely with the lights off"

Epilogue: Education, neoliberalism, and violence.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Duke University Press, viewed May 13, 2023).

ISBN:

1-4780-2208-6