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No Jacket. Albuquerque. 1977. University of New Mexico Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0826304435. 191 pages. paperback. keywords: Latin America Mexico History. DESCRIPTION-In this anthology of carefully selected readings on the porfiriato, Carlos B. Gil demonstrates that the thirty-five-year dictatorship (1876-1910) of Porfirio Diaz was indeed a pivotal period in the economic and political development of modern Mexico. A knowledge of the Porfirian era is essential for a proper understanding not only of the explosiveness of the 1910 Revolution but also of Mexico since that time. Both Mexican and American historians are giving increasing attention to the apparently indelible mark of the Diaz regime on the Mexico of today. The editor has focused on the principal historical currents of the dictatorship. The chaos of pre-Porfirian Mexico is vividly re-created by eyewitness accounts, which are followed by samples from the writings of pre-Porfirian Mexican intellectuals who urged that positivist principles of order and progress be followed in political and economic organization. The Diaz government adopted these principles, which, in some respects, proved something of a disappointment, as shown in the selections dealing with social and economic conditions during the dictatorship. These writings, discussing the role and daily life of the working classes, both urban and rural, male and female, emphasize the monumental contradictions-the juxtaposition of privilege and exploitation justified by the cientificos-that placed the working people at such a disadvantage vis-a-vis the Mexican and foreign elite ruling the republic. This book of readings will be of interest to both specialists and students, as well as a valuable supplement for courses in Mexican and Latin American history. inventory #20699.
