I Spent My Life in the Mines : : The Story of Juan Rojas, Bolivian Tin Miner / / June Nash.
A collection of personal testimonies of tin miners in Bolivia gathered as a means of analyzing the development of consciousness among workers as well as the unconscious values that motivated their actions.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- PART ONE. 1926–70 -- 1. Introduction: Revolutionary Parallels in a Life History -- 2. From the Countryside to the Mine -- 3. Entry into the Mines -- 4. My Military Service -- 5. Working in the Mines -- 6. Homework -- 7. Petrona’s Account of Their Wedding -- 8. Married Life in the Mining Camp -- 9. The Triumph of the Revolution: The Workers Are Lords of the National Wealth -- 10. We Miners Lived Like Rats in the Mining Camp -- 11. Luck in the Mines -- 12. Union Struggles -- 13. After the Fall -- 14. I Bury Myself Alive Every Day -- 15. My Lungs Are Exhausted -- 16. You Can Die Working -- 17. How the Poor Get Buried -- PART TWO. Fifteen Years Later -- 18. The Rich Are Richer and the Poor Are Poorer -- 19. Petrona -- 20. Juan -- 21. Juan Manuel -- 22. Elena -- 23. Epilogue -- REFERENCES CITED -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX |
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Summary: | A collection of personal testimonies of tin miners in Bolivia gathered as a means of analyzing the development of consciousness among workers as well as the unconscious values that motivated their actions. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231884082 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/nash91510 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | June Nash. |