A History of the Bolivian Labour Movement (Cambridge Latin American Studies)

Guillermo Lora

ISBN 10: 0521214009 / ISBN 13: 9780521214001

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1977

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Name on front end paper. Dust jacket has very slight rubbing to corners. Abridgement in English of a five volume history. 408 pages. Seller Inventory # 2453

Bibliographic Details

Title: A History of the Bolivian Labour Movement (...

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

This book is an abridgement and translation of Guillermo Lora's five-volume history. It deals with the strengthening and radicalisation of Bolivia's organised labour movement, which culminated in the drastic revolutionary changes of the 1950s. The first half offers a reinterpretation of Bolivian history in the century preceding the revolution, viewed from the perspective of the working class. The second half discusses in more detail the major political events and doctrinal issues of a period in which the author, as secretary of the Trotskyist Partido Obrero Revolucionario, himself frequently played an active part. Despite the radical upheaval that occurred in the fifties and the mobilisation of broad sectors of the population around such radical objectives as direct property seizures, union-nominated ministers and union, military and worker control, the labour movement was unable to maintain its conquests in the 1960s. The concluding chapters describe the period of renewed military repression and the continuing efforts of the labour movement to resist.

Book Description:

This book is an abridgement and translation of Guillermo Lora's five-volume history. It deals with the strengthening and radicalisation of Bolivia's organised labour movement, which culminated in the drastic revolutionary changes of the 1950s.