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Author Walker, Louise E., 1977- author.

Title Waking from the dream : Mexico's middle classes after 1968 / Louise E. Walker
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 321 pages) : illustrations
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 petrĂ³leo : 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
Summary When the postwar boom began to dissipate in the late 1960s, 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. Waki
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Middle class -- Political activity -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Economic history
Economic policy
Middle class -- Political activity
Politics and government
SUBJECT Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 1970-1982. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084556
Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 1982-1994. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005677
Mexico -- Economic policy -- 1970-1994. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084558
Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1970-1988. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084615
Subject Mexico
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012037022
ISBN 9780804784573
0804784574