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San Miguel de Allende : Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site /

"Struggling to free itself from a century of economic decline and stagnation, the town of San Miguel de Allende, nestled in the hills of central Mexico, discovered that its "timeless" quality could provide a way forward. While other Mexican towns pursued policies of industrialization,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Covert, Lisa Pinley (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Series:Mexican experience.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Making a typical Mexican town
  • Good neighbors, Good Catholics, and competing visions
  • Bringing the Mexican miracle to San Miguel
  • Containing threats to patriarchal order and the nation
  • San Miguel's two service economies
  • Epilogue: from typical town to world heritage site.