- Date
2000
- Auteurs
Gunther Peck
- Résumé
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)
- Lieu de publication
Cambridge ; New York
- Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
- Notes
Gunther Peck.
ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Liens
- Secteurs économiques
Construction trades helpers and labourers
- Groupes cibles
Sensibilisation du public et Chercheurs
- Pertinence géographique
États-Unis, México et Colombie-Britannique
- Sphères d’activité
Histoire
- Langues
Anglais