LEADER 03321nam 2200517 450 001 9910792826803321 005 20230809223910.0 010 $a1-4962-0060-8 010 $a1-4962-0136-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000001179442 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4852285 035 $a(OCoLC)985364416 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse56645 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4852285 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11381059 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1008963 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001179442 100 $a20170519h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSan Miguel de Allende $emexicans, foreigners, and the making of a world heritage site /$fLisa Pinley Covert 210 1$aLincoln, Nebraska ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (325 pages) 225 0 $aThe Mexican experience 311 $a1-4962-0038-1 311 $a1-4962-0138-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"An exploration of the intersections of economic development and national identity formation in San Miguel de Allende during the twentieth century which analyzes both the Mexican and the foreign population within national, international, and transnational contexts"--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $a"Struggling to free itself from a century of economic decline and stagnation, the town of San Miguel de Allende, nestled in the hills of central Mexico, discovered that its "timeless" quality could provide a way forward. While other Mexican towns pursued policies of industrialization, San Miguel--on the economic, political, and cultural margins of revolutionary Mexico--worked to demonstrate that it preserved an authentic quality, earning designation as a "typical Mexican town" by the Guanajuato state legislature in 1939. With the town's historic status guaranteed, a coalition of local elites and transnational figures turned to an international solution--tourism--to revive San Miguel's economy and to reinforce its Mexican identity. Lisa Pinley Covert examines how this once small, quiet town became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to one of Mexico's largest foreign-born populations. By exploring the intersections of economic development and national identity formation in San Miguel, she reveals how towns and cities in Mexico grappled with change over the course of the twentieth century. Covert similarly identifies the historical context shaping the promise and perils of a shift from an agricultural to a service-based economy. In the process, she demonstrates how San Miguel could be both typically Mexican and palpably foreign and how the histories behind each process were inextricably intertwined."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aInternational relations$xResearch 607 $aSan Miguel de Allende (Mexico)$xHistory 615 0$aInternational relations$xResearch. 676 $a327.072 686 $aHIS025000$aBUS023000$aPOL033000$2bisacsh 700 $aCovert$b Lisa Pinley$01561861 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792826803321 996 $aSan Miguel de Allende$93828933 997 $aUNINA