Redeeming the Revolution - (Mexican Experience) by Joseph U Lenti (Hardcover)
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- A tale of sin and redemption, Joseph U. Lenti's Redeeming the Revolution demonstrates how the killing of hundreds of student protestors in Mexico City's Tlatelolco district on October 2-3, 1968, sparked a crisis of legitimacy that moved Mexican political leaders to reestablish their revolutionary credentials with the working class, a sector only tangentially connected to the bloodbath.
- About the Author: Joseph U. Lenti is an assistant professor of Latin American history at Eastern Washington University.
- 402 Pages
- History, Latin America
- Series Name: Mexican Experience
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A tale of sin and redemption, Joseph U. Lenti's Redeeming the Revolution demonstrates how the killing of hundreds of student protestors in Mexico City's Tlatelolco district on October 2-3, 1968, sparked a crisis of legitimacy that moved Mexican political leaders to reestablish their revolutionary credentials with the working class, a sector only tangentially connected to the bloodbath. State-allied labor groups hence became darlings of public policy in the post-Tlatelolco period, and with the implementation of the New Federal Labor Law of 1970, the historical symbiotic relationship of the government and organized labor was restored.
Renewing old bonds with trusted allies such as the Confederation of Mexican Workers bore fruit for the regime, yet the road to redemption was fraught with peril during this era of Cold War and class contestation. While Luis Echeverría, Fidel Velázquez, and other officials appeased union brass with discourses of revolutionary populism and policies that challenged business leaders, conflicts emerged, and repression ensued when rank-and-file workers criticized the chasm between rhetoric and reality and tested their leaders' limits of toleration.
Review Quotes
"An important new book that every Mexican historian should read. Joseph Lenti has delved deeply into the archives to document the vitality of the Mexican labor movement for much of the twentieth century [as well as] its weaknesses."--John Mason Hart, John and Rebecca Moores Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Houston and author of Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War-- (9/12/2016 12:00:00 AM)
"Lenti's account illustrates the selectivity of labor-friendly legislation by showing how patriarchal ideas structure who is seen as a unionized worker or as a breadwinner. Redeeming the Revolution therefore makes visible the gendered divisions among unionized workers."--Alejandra Gonzalez-Jimenez, Latin American Research Review-- (6/15/2021 12:00:00 AM)
"Lenti's study makes important contributions to labor studies and post-1940 Mexican history in anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of the Tlatelolco massacre."--Alexander Aviña, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"Pathbreaking. Joseph Lenti challenges previous interpretations of Mexican authoritarianism and suggests a multiplicity of ways that workers negotiated their relationship with the state and shaped the course of modern Mexican history. Redeeming the Revolution will help students of Mexican politics and labor history rethink prior assumptions."--Gregory S. Crider, professor and chair of the Department of History at Winthrop University-- (9/12/2016 12:00:00 AM)
About the Author
Joseph U. Lenti is an assistant professor of Latin American history at Eastern Washington University.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.66 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 402
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Latin America
Series Title: Mexican Experience
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Theme: Mexico
Format: Hardcover
Author: Joseph U Lenti
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 2017
TCIN: 94572794
UPC: 9780803285590
Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-7776
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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