Puerto Rican Labor History 18981934 - Revolutionary Ideals and Reformist Politics

This book presents a history of the organized labor movement in Puerto Rico from US colonial domination in 1898 to the Great Depression in the 1930s. Despite the early influence of revolutionary ideologies, the organized workers' movement sought to create change through the organization of labor and participation in electoral politics.

List of contents

Contents

Introduction
List of Organizations Referred to in the Text
List of Tables
Acknowledgments & Dedication
Chapter One: The Dire Conditions of the Working Class
Chapter Two: Visions of a Better Future
Chapter Three: Dramatizing Revolutionary Ideals
Chapter Four: Reformist Politics
Chapter Five: The Influence of the American Federation of Labor
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Carlos Sanabria

Summary

This book presents a history of the organized labor movement in Puerto Rico from US colonial domination in 1898 to the Great Depression in the 1930s. Despite the early influence of revolutionary ideologies, the organized workers’ movement sought to create change through the organization of labor and participation in electoral politics.

Product details

• Authors: Carlos Sanabria, Sanabria Carlos
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781498537834
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3783-4
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Caribbean islands, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America