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Urban Education and Social Change in the Mexican Revolution, 1931–40

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

John A. Britton
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The Mexican Revolution can be seen as an effort to promote the modernization of that nation's society and institutions. Social scientists and historians agree that modernization is a complex process, including social, political, economic, and intellectual factors which evolve in different patterns and at different rates according to the particular circumstances under consideration. In terms of social change, political scientist S. N. Eisenstadt, and historian C. E. Black have isolated at least two trends that are of relevance to Mexican education in the 1930S: (1) an increased interest in urban as opposed to rural matters, and (2) the conflict between the representatives of a traditional elitist culture and the advocates of mass society based on modern technology.

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Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , November 1973 , pp. 233 - 245
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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