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Linked labor histories : New England, Colombia, and the making of a global working class /

Exploring globalization from a labor history perspective, Aviva Chomsky provides historically grounded analyses of migration, labor-management collaboration, and the mobility of capital. She illuminates the dynamics of these movements through case studies set mostly in New England and Colombia. Take...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chomsky, Aviva, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Colección:American encounters/global interactions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • New England. The Draper Company: from Hopedale to Medellín and back
  • The Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company: labor-management collaboration and its discontents
  • Guns, butter, and the new (old) international division of labor
  • Invisible workers in a dying industry: Latino immigrants in New England textile towns
  • Colombia. The cutting edge of globalization: neoliberalism and violence in Colombia's banana zone
  • Taking care of business in Colombia: U.S. multinationals, the U.S. government and the AFL-CIO
  • Mining the connections: where does your coal come from?
  • Conclusion.