Unintended Lessons of Revolution: Student Teachers and Political Radicalism in Twentieth-Century Mexico

by Tanalis Padilla

In the 1920s, Mexico established rural normales--boarding schools that trained teachers in a new nation-building project. Drawn from campesino ranks and meant to cultivate state allegiance, their graduates would facilitate land distribution, organize civic festivals, and promote hygiene campaigns. In Unintended Lessons of Revolution, Tanal s Padilla traces the history of the rural normales, showing how they became sites of radical politics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478013869
• ISBN13: 9781478013860
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"