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VEZINA, Catherine. Scapegoat of the 1953 recession: spanish bakers and migratory farmworkers. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2019, n.58, pp.327-361.  Epub 31-Ene-2022. ISSN 0185-2620.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24485004e.2019.58.70195.

The first months of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines presidency (1952-1958) were critical for coining a new image of the ruling party, PRI, and effacing the image of a corrupt and wasteful government. A government-sponsored campaign against the rise of the cost of living was reinforced by a public morality crusade that resulted in a nationalist and excluding discourse. This article explores the relation between a muddled economic and political situation and the dissemination of a patriotic discourse targeting scapegoats. An examination of national and regional newspapers allows us to identify the cases of Spanish-origin bakers, who were considered as responsible for the rise of bread price, and migratory workers, who were signaled as unpatriotic for leaving the Mexican fields.

Palabras llave : bakers; braceros, public morality; austerity; press; 1953; Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.

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