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Imprima y guarde

Libro

Reinventing free labor : padrones and immigrant workers in the North American West, 1880-1930

Fecha

2000

Autores

Gunther Peck

Resumen

One of the most infamous villains in North America during the Progressive Era was the padrone, a mafia-like immigrant boss who allegedly enslaved his compatriots and kept them uncivilized, unmanly, and unfree. In this first-ever history of the padrone, Gunther Peck argues that they were not primitive men but rather thoroughly modern entrepreneurs who used corporations, the labor contract, and the right to quit to create far-flung coercive networks. Drawing on Greek, Spanish, and Italian language sources, Peck analyzes how immigrant workers emancipated themselves using the tools of padrone power to their own advantage. (Amazon)

Lugar de publicación

Cambridge ; New York

Editor

Cambridge University Press

Notas

Gunther Peck.

ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

Construction trades helpers and labourers

Los grupos destinatarios

Conciencia Pública y Los investigadores

Relevancia geográfica

Estados Unidos, México, y Colombia Británica

Esferas de la actividad

Historia

Idiomas

Inglés