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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793085503321

Autore

Lenti Joseph U.

Titolo

Redeeming the revolution : the state and organized labor in post-Tlatelolco Mexico / / Joseph U. Lenti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4962-0135-3

1-4962-0133-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

The Mexican Experience

Disciplina

331.8809720904

Soggetti

Labor movement - Mexico - History - 20th century

Legitimacy of governments - Mexico - History - 20th century

Mexico Politics and government 1970-1988

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: a revolution to redeem the nation -- Tlatelolco!: the need for revolutionary redemption -- On the redeemer's trail: Luis Echeverría and the campaign of the revolution -- "The government of the republic thus pays its debt": "Mexicanizing" the national patrimony -- Restoring the revolutionary corpus: unity, class, and paternalism in tripartite relations -- "Años de Huelga": business and state-organized labor conflict in Monterrey, 1973-74 -- "The false redemption of May 1": testing the state's alleged preference for organized labor -- "Beautiful little compañeras" and "shameful spectacles": gender complementarity in the workers' movement -- "Yes this fist is felt!": the independentista challenge and repression -- "The Mexican [redeemer] never asks for forgiveness!": sectoral friction in the late Echeverría presidency -- Conclusion: the revolution redeemed (but for whom?) -- Epilogue: death and resurrection.