Table of Contents

Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Making a Metropolis, Forming a Class, 1884-1910 1. The Social Geography of the Porfirian Capital 2. Worlds of Work Part 2: Political Cultures and Mobilization 3. Working-Class Cultures 4. Maderista Politics and the Rise of Unions 5. Direct Action and a Citywide Working-Class Movement Part 3: Working People in the Revolution 6. Urban Popular Classes and Revolutionary Politics 7. Consolidation and Confrontation 8. The Aftermath of Revolution Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Analysis of the neglected working class of Mexico City and their role in the Mexican Revolution

About the Author

John Lear is an associate professor of history and Latin American studies at the University of Puget Sound and coauthor of "Chile's Free-Market Miracle: A Second Look."

Reviews

"Lear has written with passion and penetrating intelligence to provide us with a new and deeper level of understanding of the Mexico City working class during the revolution. Essential reading for historians and all those interested in Mexican culture and politics."--John Mason Hart, University of Houston. "Anyone interested in learning about the 1910 Mexican Revolution and the crucial role workers exercised in that event should read this study of Mexico City's working class ... an important contribution to international working-class history."--International Review of Social History, VOl 48, Part 1, 2003