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Author Sanabria, Carlos, author

Title Puerto Rican Labor History 1898-1934 : Revolutionary Ideals and Reformist Politics / Carlos Sanabria
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (206 pages : 14 illustrations
Contents <Span style=" Dedication ; <span style="line-height:2">Chapter One: The Dire Conditions of the Working Class ; <span style="line-height:2">Chapter Two: Visions of a Better Future ; <span style="line-height:2">Chapter Three: Dramatizing Revolutionary Ideals ; <span style="line-height:2">Chapter Four: Reformist Politics ; <span style="line-height:2">Chapter Five: The Influence of the American Federation of Labor ; <span style="line-height:2">Conclusion ; <span style="line-height:2">Bibliography ; <span style="line-height:2">About the Author
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
Subject Labor movement -- Puerto Rico -- History
Labor unions -- Puerto Rico -- History
Working class -- Puerto Rico -- History
Labor movement
Labor unions
Working class
Puerto Rico
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781498537841
1498537847