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To Be a Worker : Identity and Politics in Peru.

An exploration of changes in the political identity and economic strategies of Peru's working class in the 1970s and 80s. It uses a case study of Metal Empresa, a large factory in Lima, to trace the rise and fall of the labour movement through the successes and frustrations of its union members...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parodi Solari, Jorge
Otros Autores: Conaghan, Catherine M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
Colección:Latin America in Translation.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Glossary of Spanish Terms; Introduction to the English Translation; Part I.A History about Workers, a Union, and Politics; Introduction; 1. Becoming a Factory Worker; 2. Standing Up for Yourself as a Worker; 3. Fighting for Benefits; 4. Acting Like Workers; 5. To Be a Worker Is Relative; 6. Amid Frustration, Indignation, and Fear; Part II. In His Own Words: The Many Lives of Jesús Zúñiga; 7. Childhood; 8. Lima; 9. Everything Was Great When I Started at the Factory; 10. Hard Workers and Shirkers; 11. The Union; 12. Deceived by the Company, but Hopeful in the Struggle; 13. Jesús and Politics.