Latin America's Middle Class: Unsettled Debates and New Histories

Parker, David S. (Editor)/ Walker, Louise E. (Editor)/ Lopez-pedreros, Abel Ricardo (Contributor)/ Silva, J. Pablo (Contributor)/ Rodolfo Barros (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 0739168533 / ISBN 13: 9780739168530

Published by Lexington Books, 2012

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227 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Latin America's Middle Class: Unsettled Debates and New Histories
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739168533
• ISBN 13: 9780739168530
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.36 kilograms

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Synopsis

Designed for classroom use and nonspecialist readers, this collection brings together some of the most influential texts ever written about Latin America's middle class. Part One covers key debates in the 1950s and 1960s, when academics and policy-makers questioned whether Latin America's emerging "middle sectors" would foster democracy, development, and stability. Case studies in Part Two show how those older questions are both answered and challenged by today's social and cultural historical approaches.

About the Authors

Andrew Hunter Whiteford is the author of the book North American Indian Arts, part of the Golden Guides series from St. Martin's Press.

David S. Parker is associate professor of history and former Chair of the History Department at Queen’s University, Canada. He is author of The Idea of the Middle Class: White-Collar Workers and Peruvian Society, 1900-1950 (1998), and articles or book chapters on topics ranging from public health reform to images of social climbers in Chilean fiction to dueling among journalists and politicians in Uruguay.