Title: Populism in twentieth century Mexico : the presidencies of Lázaro Cárdenas and Luis Echeverría /
Authors: Kiddle, Amelia M.; Muñoz, María L. O.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Cárdenas, Lázaro,; Echeverría, Luis,; Populism Mexico History; Presidents Mexico Biography; Mexico Politics and government; Mexico Politics and government
Abstract: "This is a great contribution to the field of modern Mexican history as well as the history of Latin American populism. Populism in Twentieth Century Mexico offers an intuitive and insightful series of chapters focusing on the plans, programs, successes, and failures of Mexico's two most influential populist presidents."James Alex Garza, author of The Imagined Underworld: Sex, Crime, and Vice in Porfirian Mexico City.
Contents: Introduction: Men of the people : Lázaro Cárdenas, Luis Echeverría, and revolutionary populism / María L.O. Muñoz and Amelia M. Kiddle -- Cárdenas and Echeverría : two "populist" presidents compared / Alan Knight -- Plutarco Elías Calles and revolutionary-era populism in Mexico / Jürgen Buchenau -- The social sciences, revolutionary nationalism, and interacademic relations : Mexico and the United States, 1930-1940 / Guillermo Palacios -- Revolutionary resource populism : president Cárdenas and the creation of environmental policies / Emily Wakild -- Searching for molecules, fueling rebellion : Echeverría's "arriba y adelante" populism in southeastern Mexico / Gabriela Soto Laveaga -- "We have returned to Porfirian times" : neopopulism, counterinsurgency, and the dirty war in Guerrero, Mexico, 1969-1976 / Alexander Aviña -- Forging destiny : populism, indigenismo, and indigenous mobilization in Echeverría's Mexico / María L.O. Muñoz -- Policing and populism in the Cárdenas and Echeverría administrations / Diane E. Davis -- "How can we speak of democracy in Mexico?" : workers and organized labor in the Cárdenas and Echeverría years / Michael Snodgrass -- Co-opting cardenismo : Luis Echeverría and the funeral of Lázaro Cárdenas / Amelia M. Kiddle and Joseph U. Lenti -- Conclusion: Gabardine suits and guayabera shirts / William H. Beezley.