_Me ?xico, la Patria!: Propaganda and Production During World War II

Monica A. Rankin

ene 2009 · U of Nebraska Press

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In ­M‚xico, la patria! Monica A. Rankin examines the pervasive domestic and foreign propaganda strategies in Mexico during World War II and their impact on Mexican culture, charting the evolution of these campaigns through popular culture, advertisements, art, and government publications throughout the war and beyond. In particular, Rankin shows how World War II allowed the wartime government of ?vila Camacho to justify an aggressive industrialization program following the Mexican Revolution. Finally, tracing how the American government's wartime propaganda laid the basis for a long-term effor.

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Monica A. Rankin is an assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is the author of the "Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture: The Search for National Identity, 1820s-1900."