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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463207303321

Titolo

Latin America's middle class [[electronic resource] ] : unsettled debates and new histories / / edited by David S. Parker and Louise E. Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-283-90677-5

0-7391-6849-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ParkerD. S <1960-> (David Stuart)

WalkerLouise E. <1977->

Disciplina

305.55098

Soggetti

Middle class - Latin America - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Latin America Social conditions 20th century

Latin America Economic conditions 20th century

Latin America Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: The Debates, 1947-1968; 1 Middle Groups in National Politics in Latin America; 2 Aspects of Class Relations in Chile, 1850-1960; 3 Community Pillars: The Middle Class; 4 The Budget; 5 Middle-Class Rebels; 6 The Dilemma of the Latin American Middle Class; II: New Histories; 7 Moralizing the Masses; 8 White-Collar Lima, 1910-1929; 9 Domesticating Modernity; 10 "It Is Not Something You Can Be or Come to Be Overnight"; 11 Rethinking Aspects of Class Relations in Twentieth-Century Chile; 12 We Were the Middle Class; Bibliography; Index

About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Designed for classroom use and nonspecialist readers, this collection brings together some of the most influential texts ever written about Latin America's middle class. Part One covers key debates in the 1950s and 1960s, when academics and policy-makers questioned whether Latin America's emerging "middle sectors" would foster democracy, development, and stability. Case studies in Part Two show how those older questions are both answered and challenged by today's social and



cultural historical approaches.