Gender and welfare in Mexico : the consolidation of a postrevolutionary state /

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Author / Creator:Sanders, Nichole, 1970-
Imprint:University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
Description:viii, 171 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8513861
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ISBN:9780271048871 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271048875 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Examines the political and social influences behind the creation of the postrevolutionary Mexican welfare state in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s"--Provided by publisher.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Gender, Race, and the Pan-American Child Congresses
  • 2. Welfare Reform in Mexico: Stabilizing the Family
  • 3. Single Mothers and the State
  • 4. The Postwar Years: Disease Eradication, Sanitation, and Development
  • 5. The Rise of Social Work in Mexico
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index