Workers from the North : : Plantations, Bolivian Labor, and the City in Northwest Argentina / / Scott Whiteford.
International migration between countries in Latin America became increasingly important during the twentieth century, but for a long time it was the subject of only limited research. Whiteford sets the Argentina-Bolivia experience in historical perspective by examining the macrolevel factors that i...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1981 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Historical Context of Bolivian Migration to Argentina
- 3. Sugar Production and Seasonal Labor: Labor-Control Mechanisms
- 4. Recruiters, Canecutters, and the Work Camp
- 5. Working in the Fields, the Union, and Postharvest Planning
- 6. The Multiple Faces of the Labor Reserve
- 7. Urbanization and Seasonal Migration
- 8. The Search for Security
- 9. Different Perspectives of the City
- 10. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index