Solidarity Under Siege - The Salvadoran Labor Movement, 19701990

Depicts the rise and fall of the militant labor movement in modern El Salvador.

Sommario

Introduction: an arc of triumph and despair; 1. Tired of the abuse: gender and the rise of the Sindicato de la Industria Pesquera, 1970-9; 2. The cost of solidarity: the Salvadoran labor movement in Puerto el Triunfo and greater San Salvador, 1979-80; 3. The last chance: the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno and the impending civil war; 4. Labor conflicts in Puerto el Triunfo, El Salvador, 1985; 5. The far right and fraud; 6. Solidarity and discord in the labor movement, 1984-9; 7. The longest strike in history; Conclusion: tropical deindustrialization and its discontents; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

Jeffrey L. Gould is Distinguished Professor of History at Indiana University, Bloomington. His books include To Lead as Equals: Rural Protest and Political Consciousness in Chinandega, Nicaragua, 1912–1979 (1990), To Die in This Way: Nicaraguan Indians and the Myth of Mestizaje, 1880–1965 (1998), and with Aldo Santiago, To Rise in Darkness: Revolution, Repression, and Memory in El Salvador, 1920–1932 (2008). He has also directed and codirected three documentary films, Port Triumph, which documents many of the events and people in Solidarity under Siege, La Palabra en el Bosque, and Scars of Memory: El Salvador, 1932.

Riassunto

Via his compelling history of the rise and fall of the militant labor movement in El Salvador as seen through the daily lives of Salvadoran port workers and fisherman, Jeffrey L. Gould tells a wider story about modern and central Latin American politics, society, and economics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeffrey L Gould, Jeffrey L. Gould, Jeffrey L. (Indiana University Gould, Gould Jeffrey L.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781108410199
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41019-9
• Pagine: 276
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); El Salvador, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Latin America / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Industrial Relations, History of the Americas, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, History and Archaeology, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety