Détails du document

Impression et sauvegarde

Livre

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

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