1,248 research outputs found
United States Copper Companies, the State, and Labour Conflict in Mexico, 1900-1910
Article explores worker strikes in the Mexican copper industry, incorporating elemetns of both traditional interpretations, emphasizing the activities as precursor to the Mexican Revolution, and revisionist interpretations presenting the strikes as industrial disputes without revolutionary pretensions
Chinese Plantation Workers and Social Conflict in Peru in the late Nineteenth Century
Examines Chinese plantation workers' transition from indentured servitude to wage labor in Peru of the late nineteenth century, providing detailed anlaysis of labour conditions in the Condor and Sana Valleys
Capitalist Agriculture and Labour Contracting in Northern Peru, 1880-1905
Article argues that the process of enganche, or the procurement of native highlanders to labor in coastal Peruvian sugar plantations, stemmed in the period 1880-1905 from elements of coercion and violence, as well as capital incentives
Imagining Mexico in 1910: Visions of the Patria in the Centennial Celebration in Mexico City
Mexico’s 1910 Centenario reflected a popular trend in Western Europe and
its former colonies to use centenaries of important historical events to promote
political programmes and philosophies through the construction of historical
memory. Centennial organisers in Mexico linked Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Jose´
Maria Morelos to President Porfirio Dı´az in words and symbols, and associated
state formation and civic culture with Liberal leaders and policies, such as public
education, material progress and secularism. The planners also promoted Morelos
as a mestizo icon and symbol for national identity and integration, while they
simultaneously celebrated Mexico’s pre-Columbian cultures and criticised contemporary
natives as impediments to progress. The Centennial’s audience included
hundreds of thousands of Mexicans as well as foreigners from around the globe,
who came away with different impressions based on their cultural perspectives,
political philosophies and material interests. Following the overthrow of Dı´az in
1911, Mexico’s revolutionary governments continued to use Independence Day
celebrations to promote their programmes, including some whose origins lay in the
Porfiriato. As we approach the bicentenary of Latin American independence, competing
visions of patrias will likely surface and provide insights into the construction
of historical memory and contemporary political discourse
Planters and Politics in Peru, 1895-1919
Article explores Peruvian political development in the period 1895-1919, with a focus on the activities of the Civilistas Party, Guillermo Billinghurst, and Augusto B. Leguia.Research for this article was funded by a Ford Foundation Fellowship in 1974-5 and
by a Fulbright Fellowship in autumn 1987
Ruffians and Revolutionaries: the Development of the Young Lords Organization in Chicago
The Young Lords began as a street gang in the early 1960s in the western Puerto Rican section of Chicago\u27s Lincoln Park community area. In late 1968, some of the group\u27s leaders began to embrace radical politics and the Young Lords changed from a social group into a political organization. By examining the various factors that led to the politicization of the group\u27s leaders and informed their organizing, this thesis works to provide a better understanding of the Young Lords movement. More specifically, this study looks at how local social pressures, traditions of radical organizing, and efforts to forge collective identities all worked to influence the genesis, development, and political ideas of the Young Lords movement. In doing so, it identifies and discusses three major influences upon the group\u27s political analysis and major activities. First, this thesis demonstrates that Young Lords members were shaped by a history of colonization and resistance to colonial subjugation, both in Puerto Rico and in Chicago. Also, this study shows that the Black Power movement inspired and provided direction for Young Lords leaders. Finally, this thesis demonstrates that the movement against urban renewal projects in Lincoln Park motivated Young Lords members into action, helped define their activism, and became one of the driving causes of their movement
Michener Centenary: Memories
In celebration of the centenary of Charles D. Michener’s birth, the Journal of Melittology offers a sampling of memories from colleagues and former students
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