Worlds of Labour in Latin America /

Worlds of Labour in Latin America / / ed. by Paola Revilla Orías, Paulo Cruz Terra, Christian G. De Vito.

This book reflects the development of Latin American labour history across broad geographical, chronological and thematic perspectives, which seek to review and revisit key concepts at different levels. The contributions are closely linked to the most recent trends in Global Labour History and in tu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
MitwirkendeR:
Basualdo, Victoria,
Caruso, Laura,
Cruz Terra, Paulo,
De Vito, Christian G.,
Ferreras, Norberto O.,
Galeano, Diego,
Julián-Vejar, Dasten,
Núñez Espinel, Luz Ángela,
Povea Moreno, Isabel M.,
Quiroz, Francisco,
Revilla Orías, Paola,
Rossana Barragán, R.,
Schettini, Cristiana,
Soux, María Luisa,
Stagnaro, Andrés,
Vega Cantor, Renán,
Zagalsky, Paula C.,
HerausgeberIn:
Cruz Terra, Paulo,
De Vito, Christian G.,
Revilla Orías, Paola ,
Place / Publishing House:München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Work in Global and Historical Perspective , 13
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VII, 267 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Worlds of Labour in Latin America: An introduction
  • A diverse world: A panoramic view of colonial mine labourers based on case studies from the viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru
  • Forced labour as a “public good”? Voices and actions in Potosí (17th to 18th centuries)
  • Learning together: Indians, free blacks and slaves in Lima’s colonial workshops
  • Yanaconas, colonos and arrenderos: Contradictions between the law and practice in rural labour in 19th and 20th century Bolivia
  • A credible history of the Princess of Bourbon: Labour, gender, and sexuality in South America, 1905–1919
  • Towards a history of the ILO and Latin America: Perspectives, problems and collaborative work
  • Discussions on forced labour: Brazil and Argentina in dialogue with the ILO
  • Oil workers in the enclave of the Tropical Oil Company: Composition, culture and resistance (1920–1948)
  • Dictatorships, workers and trade-unions in the second half of the 20th century: Dialogue and connections among the cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
  • Precarious society in Chile. The ‘tragedy’ of the 33 miners

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