Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910-1929 - El Mundo Al Reves

The Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910-1929 examines the global entanglement of the Mexican labor movement during the Mexican Revolution. It describes how global influences made their entry into labor culture through the cinema, the theater, and labor festivals as well as into the development of consumption patterns and advertisement. It further shows how the young labor movement constituted its discourse and invented its tradition at meetings and in the columns of newspapers.

The local conditions constitute the framework for the examination of Mexican labor's perspectives on and engagement with contemporary events of global significance. Thereby, this book demonstrates how workers turned to the global context in search of guidance and role models, embracing global developments and narratives. It also reveals the differentiations from this context in order to create a unique local identity.

This approach allows new perspectives on the role of a neglected revolutionary actor and on the influence of global developments in a revolution that has been predominantly interpreted from a national point of view. It shows the way global ideas were brought to life in the framework of revolutionary Mexico City - providing new insights into the grand-narratives of Globalization and Revolution.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The World of Urban Labor 3. The Outward Perspective 4. Elements of Identity 5. The Question of Belonging 6. Conclusion

About the author

Stephan Fender has studied history in Hamburg, Mexico City, and Barcelona and holds a PhD in Latin American History from the University of Hamburg. Currently, he works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University College Dublin, where he examines the global impact of the Mexican Revolution.

Summary

This book examines the global entanglement of Mexican labor during the Mexican Revolution and its implications on the everyday life of workers, their construction of identity, and the constitution of their movement, providing new insights on the grand-narratives of Globalization and Revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Stephan Fender, Stephan (University College Dublin Fender
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032083148
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3208314-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Mexico, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Globalization, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, c 1500 onwards to present day, Industrial Relations, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Sociology: work & labour, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Sociology: work and labour, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General