Waking from the Dream: Mexico's Middle Classes after 1968

Synopsis

When The Postwar Boom Began To Dissipate In The 1960s, Mexico's Middle Classes Awoke To An Economically Terrifying World. And Following Massacres Of Students At Peaceful Protests In 1968 And 1971, One-party Control Of Mexican Politics Dissipated As Well. The Ruling Party Of The Institutional Revolution Struggled To Recover Its Legitimacy. This Title Tells The Story Of This Profound Change From State-led Development To Neo-liberalism And From A One-party State To Electoral Democracy. Introduction : The Middle Classes And The Crisis Of The Institutional Revolution -- Rebel Generation : Being A Middle-class Radical, 1971-1976 -- Cacerolazo : Rumors, Gossip, And The Conservative Middle Classes, 1973-1976 -- The Power Of Petróleo : Black Gold And Middle-class Noir, 1977-1982 -- Consumer-citizens : Inflation, Credit, And Taxing The Middle Classes, 1973-1985 -- La Crisis : On The Front Lines Of Austerity And Apertura, 1981-1988 -- Earthquake : Civil Society In The Rubble Of Tlatelolco, 1985-1988 -- Conclusion : The Debris Of A Miracle. Louise E. Walker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.