To Be a Worker: Identity and Politics in Peru (Latin America in Translation/en Traducción/em Tradução) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807825484 ISBN 13: 9780807825488

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2000

Synopsis

An exploration of changes in the political identity and economic strategies of Peru's working class in the 1970s and 80s. It uses a case study of Metal Empresa, a large factory in Lima, to trace the rise and fall of the labour movement through the successes and frustrations of its union members.

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A contemporary classic in Peru, this 1986 book is now available in English. It explores changes in the political identity and economic strategies of the Peruvian working class in the 1970s and 1980s. Jorge Parodi uses a case study of Metal Empresa, a large Lima factory, to trace the surge and decline of the labor movement in Peru?and in Latin America.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807825484
• ISBN 13: 9780807825488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200