Intellectuals and the state in twentieth-century Mexico
By: by Roderic A. Camp.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Latin American monographs ;; no. 65; Latin American monographs (University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Latin American Studies) ;; no. 65.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Elite (Social sciences) -- Mexico; Intellectuals -- Mexico; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Description: In developing countries, the extent to which intellectuals disengage themselves in state activities has widespread consequences for the social, political, and economic development of those societies. Roderic Camp's examination of intellectuals in Mexico is the first study of a Latin American country to detail the structure of intellectual life, rather than merely considering intellectual ideas. Camp has used original sources, including extensive interviews, to provide new data about the evolution of leading Mexican intellectuals and their relationship to politics and politicians since 1920.--Publisher description.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [233]-272.
Includes index.