Street Democracy - Vendors, Violence, and Public Space in Late Twentieth-Century Mexico

Informationen zum Autor Sandra C. Mendiola García is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Texas.       Klappentext Sandra C. Mendiola García is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Texas. ¿ ¿ ¿ Zusammenfassung No visitor to Mexico can fail to recognise the omnipresence of street vendors, selling products ranging from fruits and vegetables to prepared food and clothes. In Street Democracy Sandra C. Mendiola García explores the political lives and economic significance of this otherwise overlooked population, focusing on the radical street vendors during the 1970s and 1980s in Puebla. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One: Prelude to Independent Organizing: Politics and Vendors Chapter Two: Vendors and Students in the 1970s Chapter Three: Staging Democracy at Home and Abroad Chapter Four: The Dirty War on Street Vendors Chapter Five: From La Victoria to Walmart Chapter Six: The Struggle Continues Conclusion Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Sandra C. Mendiola Garcaia, Sandra C Mendiola Garcia, Sandra C. Mendiola Garcia
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780803275034
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-7503-4
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: The Mexican Experience; The Mexican Experience
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches