Abstract

PEREZ DANIEL, Gustavo Herón. The City of Monterrey and Local rhetoric on modernization: Reconstructing the public sphere in 1933. Estud. hist. mod. contemp. Mex [online]. 2011, n.42, pp.75-108. ISSN 0185-2620.

Using newspapers from the time as sources, the article explores local processes of modernization in the city of Monterrey. It analyzes the urbanization projects, speeches, discussions and arguments that occupied Monterrey's public sphere in 1933. It also shows how various subjects in civil society participated in the implementation and planning of local public policies.

Keywords : public sphere; Monterrey; modernization; speeches; urbanization processes; civil society.

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