Ambiguous missionaries: Rural teachers and state facades in Guerrero, 1930-1950

Paul Gillingham

doi:10.1525/msem.2006.22.2.331

Ambiguous missionaries: Rural teachers and state facades in Guerrero, 1930-1950

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This article analyses the role of rural teachers in state formation in Guerrero, from revolutionary reconstruction through Cardenista reform projects to the dawn of the postrevolutionary political system. It examines the ideological construction of the maestro rural as a reformist opponent of caciques and the poverty they were held to perpetuate; traces the cacical practices of many teachers in Guerrero; and questions teachers' efficacy as agents of rational/bureaucratic state expansion. In conclusion, the author considers the relevance of the history of education in Guerrero to broader assessments of education and state formation in modern Mexico.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	331-360
Number of pages	30
Journal	Mexican Studies - Estudios Mexicanos
Volume	22
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/msem.2006.22.2.331
State	Published - Aug 2006

Keywords

1940s
Caciquismo
Cardenismo
Guerrero
History of education
Maestros rurales
Mexican Revolution
Mexico
State formation
Teachers

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