Sons of the Mexican Revolution: Miguel Aleman and His Generation

Ryan M. Alexander

Sons of the Mexican Revolution: Miguel Aleman and His Generation
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Country
United States
Published
1 October 2016
Pages
264
ISBN
9780826357397

Sons of the Mexican Revolution: Miguel Aleman and His Generation

Ryan M. Alexander

The 1946 Mexican presidential election signaled the ascent of a new generation of cosmopolitan civilian government officials, led by the magnetic lawyer Miguel Aleman. Supporters hailed them as modernizing visionaries whose policies laid the foundation for unprecedented economic growth, while critics decried the administration’s toleration of rampant corruption, hostility to organized labor, and indifference to the rural poor. Setting aside these extremes of opinion in favor of a more balanced analysis, Sons of the Mexican Revolution traces the socialization of this ruling generation’s members, from their earliest education through their rise to national prominence. Using a wide array of new archival sources, the author demonstrates that the transformative political decisions made by these men represented both their collective values as a generation and their effort to adapt those values to the realities of the Cold War.

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