Awards

• Runner-up for Humanities Book Prize, Mexico Section of the Latin American Studies Association 2018 (United States)
• Winner of Thomas McGann Memorial Prize, Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies 2017 (United States)

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[Lear's] illustrations...carry his narrative as well as the written text. His is a unique study of a popular culture in a society undergoing radical renovation. * New Politics * Written in an engaging style and including a generous sampling of prints, Picturing the Proletariat is a major contribution to Mexican cultural history, to the history of Mexican art, and to the history of working-class culture generally. It will make readers better appreciate the influences that shaped Diego Rivera's exalted representations of the proletarian man. * Labor: Studies in Working-Class History * Lear's interdisciplinary study will appeal to historians of art, labor, and twentieth-century Mexican cultural history...[Picturing the Proletariat] further demonstrates the commitment of middle-class Mexicans-teachers, professionals, students, and intellectuals-to fight for social justice on behalf of working people. * American Historical Review * With his focus on labour, interdisciplinary approach, and deep research, Lear has produced an original historical study that not only expands our knowledge of Mexico's revolutionary and post-revolutionary eras, but one that also provides engaging insights for those who study art history and labour history as well. * Bulletin of Latin American Research * Elegantly written...[Lear's] critical reading of the images is as sensitive to issues of gender as to distinctions of political affiliation and economic theory, and the study makes an important contribution to both visual culture studies and labor history. * CHOICE *

A piece of lucid and informative history...a fine, original, well-crafted study of the Mexican art and artists during the radical decades of the Mexican revolution. * Latin American Research Review * [Lear's] illustrations...carry his narrative as well as the written text. His is a unique study of a popular culture in a society undergoing radical renovation. * New Politics * Written in an engaging style and including a generous sampling of prints, Picturing the Proletariat is a major contribution to Mexican cultural history, to the history of Mexican art, and to the history of working-class culture generally. It will make readers better appreciate the influences that shaped Diego Rivera's exalted representations of the proletarian man. * Labor: Studies in Working-Class History * Lear's interdisciplinary study will appeal to historians of art, labor, and twentieth-century Mexican cultural history...[Picturing the Proletariat] further demonstrates the commitment of middle-class Mexicans-teachers, professionals, students, and intellectuals-to fight for social justice on behalf of working people. * American Historical Review * With his focus on labour, interdisciplinary approach, and deep research, Lear has produced an original historical study that not only expands our knowledge of Mexico's revolutionary and post-revolutionary eras, but one that also provides engaging insights for those who study art history and labour history as well. * Bulletin of Latin American Research * Elegantly written...[Lear's] critical reading of the images is as sensitive to issues of gender as to distinctions of political affiliation and economic theory, and the study makes an important contribution to both visual culture studies and labor history. * CHOICE *

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John Lear is a professor of history and Latin American studies at the University of Puget Sound. His publications include Workers, Neighbors and Citizens: The Revolution in Mexico City and Chile's Free Market Miracle: A Second Look.

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