Dictablanda: Politics, Work, and Culture in Mexico, 1938-1968

by Paul Gillingham and Benjamin T. Smith

Book Overview

In 1910 Mexicans rebelled against an imperfect dictatorship; after 1940 they ended up with what some called the perfect dictatorship. A single party ruled Mexico for over seventy years, holding elections and talking about revolution while overseeing one of the world's most inequitable economies. The contributors to this groundbreaking collection revise earlier interpretations, arguing that state power was not based exclusively on hegemony, corporatism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822356317
• ISBN13: 9780822356318
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"