Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the middle classes and the crisis of the institutional revolution -- Rebel generation : being a middle-class radical, 1971-1976 -- Cacerolazo : rumors, gossip, and the conservative middle classes, 1973-1976 -- The power of petr�oleo : black gold and middle-class noir, 1977-1982 -- Consumer-citizens : inflation, credit, and taxing the middle classes, 1973-1985 -- La crisis : on the front lines of austerity and apertura, 1981-1988 -- Earthquake : civil society in the rubble of Tlatelolco, 1985-1988 -- Conclusion : the debris of a miracle.

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