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Essays in Argentine Labour History, 1870-1930

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Jeremy Adelman

    1. University of Essex, UK

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Political Economy of Labour in Argentina 1870–1930

    • Jeremy Adelman
    Pages 1-34

  3. Workers’ Housing and Living Conditions in Buenos Aires, 1880–1930

    • Leandro H. Gutiérrez, Juan Suriano
    Pages 35-51

  4. Between Rise and Fall: Self-Employed Workers in Buneos Aires, 1850–1880

    • Luis Alberto Romero, Hilda Sabato
    Pages 52-71

  5. Typographical Workers and their Mutualist Experience: The Case of the Sociedad Tipográfica Bonaerense, 1857–80

    • Silvia Badoza
    Pages 72-90

  6. The Harvest Hand: Wage-Labouring on the Pampas, 1880–1914

    • Jeremy Adelman
    Pages 91-111

  7. Work and Conflict in the Meat-packing Industry, 1900–30

    • Mirta Zaida Lobato
    Pages 112-141

  8. The Labour Movement and the Historical Conjuncture: Córdoba, 1917–21

    • Ofelia Pianetto
    Pages 142-159

  9. Trade Union Organisation: Some Forgotten Aspects

    • Ruth Thompson
    Pages 160-176

  10. Economic Restructuring and Labour Scarcity: Labour in the 1920s

    • Colin M. Lewis
    Pages 177-198

  11. Intellectuals, Universities and the Social Question: Argentina, 1898–1916

    • Eduardo A. Zimmermann
    Pages 199-216

  12. Barrio Societies, Libraries and Culture in the Popular Sectors of Buenos Aires in the Inter-war Period

    • Leandro H. Gutiérrez, Luis Alberto Romero
    Pages 217-234

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 235-243
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From 1870 to 1930 Argentina underwent massive changes. The development of the working classes shaped the direction of those changes by promoting democratization and economic redistribution. This text looks at the formation and weaknesses of the Argentine working classes during this period.

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  • University of Essex, UK

    Jeremy Adelman

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