Aviva Chomsky

Linked Labor Histories

New England, Colombia, and the Making of a Global Working Class

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Moves beyond comparative history to study the complex interweaving of transnational historical flows (material, cultural, and ideological) that have shaped two regions: New England and northern Colombia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 717g
• ISBN-13: 9780822341734
• ISBN-10: 0822341735
• Artikelnr.: 23369065

Autorenporträt

Aviva Chomsky

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 1
Part I. New England
1. The Draper Company: From Hopedale to Medellín and Back 15
2. The Naumkeag Steam Cotton Company: Labor-Management Collaboration and
Its Discontents 48
3. Guns, Butter, and the New (Old) International Division of Labor 93
4. Invisible Workers in a Dying Industry: Latino Immigrants in New England
Textile Towns 142
Part II. Colombia
5. The Cutting Edge of Globalization: Neoliberalism and Violence in
Colombia's Banana Zone 181
6. Taking Care of Business in Colombia: U.S. Multinationals, the U.S.
Government, and the AFL-CIO 222
7. Mining the Connections: Where Does Your Coal Come From? 264
Conclusion 294
Notes 305
Bibliography 357
Index 373