A persistent revolution : history, nationalism, and politics in Mexico since 1968 / Randal Sheppard.

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Sheppard, Randal [author.]

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TextPublisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2016Copyright date: ©20Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780826356826
0826356826

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Persistent revolution.DDC classification:

972/.08/35 23

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F1226 .S515 2016eb

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Contents:

Introduction: Mexico's National Epic -- Imagining and Inventing Mexico -- Making the Revolution Realistic -- Opposing the PRI: Freedom, Democracy, and Revolution -- Carlos Salinas and Mexico's New Era of Solidarity and Concertacion -- Land, Liberty, and the Mestizo Nation -- A New Revolution?

Summary: Sheppard explores Mexico s profound political, social, and economic changes through the lens of the persistent political power of Mexican revolutionary nationalism. By examining the major events and transformations in Mexico since 1968, he shows how historical myths such as the Mexican Revolution, Benito Juárez, and Emiliano Zapata as well as Catholic nationalism emerged during historical-commemoration ceremonies, in popular social and anti-neoliberal protest movements, and in debates between commentators, politicians, and intellectuals. Sheppard provides a new understanding of developments in Mexico since 1968 by placing these events in their historical context. The work further contributes to understandings of nationalism more generally by showing how revolutionary nationalism in Mexico functioned during a process of state dismantling rather than state building, and it shows how nationalism could serve as a powerful tool for non-elites to challenge the actions of those in power or to justify new citizenship rights as well as for elites seeking to ensure political stability. -- Amazon.com.

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Sheppard explores Mexico s profound political, social, and economic changes through the lens of the persistent political power of Mexican revolutionary nationalism. By examining the major events and transformations in Mexico since 1968, he shows how historical myths such as the Mexican Revolution, Benito Juárez, and Emiliano Zapata as well as Catholic nationalism emerged during historical-commemoration ceremonies, in popular social and anti-neoliberal protest movements, and in debates between commentators, politicians, and intellectuals. Sheppard provides a new understanding of developments in Mexico since 1968 by placing these events in their historical context. The work further contributes to understandings of nationalism more generally by showing how revolutionary nationalism in Mexico functioned during a process of state dismantling rather than state building, and it shows how nationalism could serve as a powerful tool for non-elites to challenge the actions of those in power or to justify new citizenship rights as well as for elites seeking to ensure political stability. -- Amazon.com.

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