A peaceful and working people : manners, morals, and class formation in northern Mexico /

A peaceful and working people : manners, morals, and class formation in northern Mexico /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: French, William E., 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [1996]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Social classes > Mexico > Chihuahua (State) > History.
Working class > Mexico > Chihuahua (State) > History.
Middle class > Mexico > Chihuahua (State) > History.
Social values > Mexico > Chihuahua (State) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Ways of working
  • Managers and the inculcation of the capitalist work ethic
  • Moralizing the masses
  • Prostitutes and guardian angels : women, work, and the family
  • Forced progress : workers and the developmentalist ideology
  • The great awakening : mine workers, companies, and the Mexican Revolution
  • "Honorable" workers and "evil" reactionaries : mining in the early 1920s.