Name: The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940-1976: Stories From the Newsroom, Stories From the Street
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Author: Benjamin T. Smith
ISBN: 9781469638089

portada The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940-1976: Stories From the Newsroom, Stories From the Street

The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940-1976: Stories From the Newsroom, Stories From the Street

Type

Physical Book

Author

Benjamin T. Smith

Publisher

The University Of North Carolina Press

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

382

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781469638089

Synopsis "The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940-1976: Stories From the Newsroom, Stories From the Street "

Mexico today is one of the most dangerous places in the world to report the news, and Mexicans have taken to the street to defend freedom of expression. As Benjamin T. Smith demonstrates in this history of the press and civil society, the cycle of violent repression and protest over journalism is nothing new. He traces it back to the growth in newspaper production and reading publics between 1940 and 1976, when a national thirst for tabloids, crime sheets, and magazines reached far beyond the middle class.As Mexicans began to view local and national events through the prism of journalism, everyday politics changed radically. Even while lauding the liberty of the press, the state developed an arsenal of methods to control what was printed, including sophisticated spin and misdirection techniques, covert financial payments, and campaigns of threats, imprisonment, beatings, and even murder. The press was also pressured by media monopolists tacking between government demands and public expectations to maximize profits, and by coalitions of ordinary citizens demanding that local newspapers publicize stories of corruption, incompetence, and state violence. Since the Cold War, both in Mexico City and in the provinces, a robust radical journalism has posed challenges to government forces.

Benjamin T. Smith

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Benjamin T. Smith —historiador británico especializado en México y profesor en la University of Warwick— se ha consolidado como una de las voces más rigurosas en el estudio de la violencia, el Estado y los movimientos sociales en el siglo XX mexicano. Su investigación combina archivos oficiales, testimonios locales y trabajo de campo, una mezcla que le permite reconstruir procesos históricos complejos con una claridad poco común. Su trayectoria académica se apoya en años de estudio sobre política rural, conflicto social y las bases históricas del narcotráfico.

Entre su obra destaca The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade, publicada en español como La droga. La verdadera historia del narcotráfico en México. El libro ofrece un recorrido documentado y crítico sobre cómo se formaron las redes de tráfico, cómo interactuaron con gobiernos locales y federales y cómo evolucionó una economía ilegal que terminó moldeando instituciones, regiones y vidas enteras. Su aporte principal radica en desmontar mitos y mostrar la dimensión histórica de un fenómeno que suele explicarse solo desde el presente.

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