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

• Author: Padilla, Tanalís.
• Place / Publishing House: Durham : : Duke University Press,, 2022.; {copy}2021.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (377 pages)

Tanalís Padilla traces the history of the normales rurales--rural schools in Mexico that trained campesino teachers--and outlines how despite being intended to foster a modern, patriotic citizenry, they became sites of radical politics.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: Ayotzinapa and the Legacy of Revolution -- 1. Normales, Education, and National Projects -- 2. A New Kind of School, a New Kind of Teacher -- 3. "And That's When the Main Blow Came" -- 4. Education at a Crossroads -- 5. "The Infinite Injustice Committed against Our Class Brothers" -- 6. Learning in the Barricades -- 7. "A Crisis of Authority," -- 8. "That's How We'd Meet . . . Clandestinely with the Lights Off" -- Epilogue: Education, Neoliberalism, and Violence -- Appendix: Sample Rural Normal Class Schedules -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.