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Record Nr.

UNINA9910512194603321

Autore

Padilla Tanalís

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-4780-2208-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 355 pages)

Disciplina

371.104

Soggetti

Teachers - Political activity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.