1997, ISBN: 080784666X

[EAN: 9780807846667], Neubuch, [PU: The University Of North Carolina Press], HISTORY / LATIN AMERICA GENERAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The years bet… Plus…

[EAN: 9780807846667], Neubuch, [PU: The University Of North Carolina Press], HISTORY / LATIN AMERICA GENERAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The years between 1930 and 1979 witnessed a period of intense labor activity in Latin America as workers participated in strikes, unionization efforts, and populist and revolutionary movements. The ten original essays AEMDNMOin this volume examine sugar mill seizures in Cuba, oil nationalization and railway strikes in Mexico, the attempted revolution in Guatemala, railway nationalization and Peronism in Argentina, Brazil's textile strikes, the Bolivian revolution of 1952, Peru's copper strikes, and the copper nationalization in Chile--all important national events in which industrial laborers played critical roles. Demonstrating an illuminating, bottom-up approach to Latin American labor history, these essays investigate the everyday acts through which workers attempted to assert more control over the work process and thereby add dignity to their lives. Working together, they were able to bring shop floor struggles to public attention and--at certain critical junctures--to influence events on a national scale. The contributors are Andrew Boeger, Michael Marconi Braga, Jonathan C. Brown, Josh DeWind, Marc Christian McLeod, Michael Snodgrass, Andrea Spears, Joanna Swanger, Maria Celina Tuozzo, and Joel Wolfe., Books<

1997, ISBN: 080784666X

[EAN: 9780807846667], Neubuch, [PU: The University Of North Carolina Press], HISTORY / LATIN AMERICA GENERAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -The years between 1930 and 1979 witness… Plus…

[EAN: 9780807846667], Neubuch, [PU: The University Of North Carolina Press], HISTORY / LATIN AMERICA GENERAL, nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware -The years between 1930 and 1979 witnessed a period of intense labor activity in Latin America as workers participated in strikes, unionization efforts, and populist and revolutionary movements. The ten original essays AEMDNMOin this volume examine sugar mill seizures in Cuba, oil nationalization and railway strikes in Mexico, the attempted revolution in Guatemala, railway nationalization and Peronism in Argentina, Brazil's textile strikes, the Bolivian revolution of 1952, Peru's copper strikes, and the copper nationalization in Chile--all important national events in which industrial laborers played critical roles. Demonstrating an illuminating, bottom-up approach to Latin American labor history, these essays investigate the everyday acts through which workers attempted to assert more control over the work process and thereby add dignity to their lives. Working together, they were able to bring shop floor struggles to public attention and--at certain critical junctures--to influence events on a national scale. The contributors are Andrew Boeger, Michael Marconi Braga, Jonathan C. Brown, Josh DeWind, Marc Christian McLeod, Michael Snodgrass, Andrea Spears, Joanna Swanger, Maria Celina Tuozzo, and Joel Wolfe. 346 pp. Englisch, Books<

ISBN: 9780807846667

The years between 1930 and 1979 witnessed a period of intense labor activity in Latin America as workers participated in strikes, unionization efforts, and populist and revolutionary move… Plus…

The years between 1930 and 1979 witnessed a period of intense labor activity in Latin America as workers participated in strikes, unionization efforts, and populist and revolutionary movements. The ten original essays AEMDNMOin this volume examine sugar mill seizures in Cuba, oil nationalization and railway strikes in Mexico, the attempted revolution in Guatemala, railway nationalization and Peronism in Argentina, Brazil's textile strikes, the Bolivian revolution of 1952, Peru's copper strikes, and the copper nationalization in Chile—all important national events in which industrial laborers played critical roles. Demonstrating an illuminating, bottom-up approach to Latin American labor history, these essays investigate the everyday acts through which workers attempted to assert more control over the work process and thereby add dignity to their lives. Working together, they were able to bring shop floor struggles to public attention and—at certain critical junctures—to influence events on a national scale. The contributors are Andrew Boeger, Michael Marconi Braga, Jonathan C. Brown, Josh DeWind, Marc Christian McLeod, Michael Snodgrass, Andrea Spears, Joanna Swanger, Maria Celina Tuozzo, and Joel Wolfe. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>World History>The Americas>Latin Amer Hist, The University of North Carolina Press Core >1 >T<

ISBN: 9780807846667

Paperback, [PU: The University of North Carolina Press], Ten original essays examine the years between 1930 and 1979 when workers in Latin America participated in strikes, unionization ef… Plus…

Paperback, [PU: The University of North Carolina Press], Ten original essays examine the years between 1930 and 1979 when workers in Latin America participated in strikes, unionization efforts, and populist and revolutionary movements. These essays investigate the everyday acts through which workers attempted to assert more control over the work process and thereby add dignity to their lives. Graphs. Maps. Notes. Index. 11 illustrations., General & World History<