REVOLUTIONIZING CHILDHOOD - SCHOOLS, ROADS, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION-GAP IN TEPOZTLAN, MEXICO, 1928 TO 1944

Road building and national education were prominent programs of the Me xican Revolution. This article shows how, in one village, the arrival of a paved road and an increase in school attendance changed the lives of children. Exposed to alternatives ideas and influences, many grew up to embrace the consumer and cash economy and to feel a part afa str onger Mexican nation-state. By examining the Mexican Revolution's soci al achievements of literacy, health, and an expanded internal economy as the result of choices made by youth as they grew rep under new circ umstances, this article offers a unique perspective on the process of historical change.