Revolution Within the Revolution : Cotton Textile Workers and the Mexican Labor Regime, 1910-1923

Jeffrey Bortz

ISBN 10: 0804758069 / ISBN 13: 9780804758062

Published by Stanford University Press Apr 2008, 2008

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Neuware - This book is a history of the Mexican workers' revolution that took place within the larger Mexican revolution of 1910.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Revolution Within the Revolution : Cotton Textile Workers and the Mexican Labor Regime, 1910-1923
• Publisher: Stanford University Press Apr 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804758069
• ISBN 13: 9780804758062
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 173H x 20D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 173 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 481 grams

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Synopsis

Mexico's revolution of 1910 ushered in a revolutionary era: during the twentieth century, Mexican, Russian, Chinese, Cuban, Nicaraguan, and Iranian revolutions shaped local, regional, and world history. Because Mexico was at the time a rural and agrarian country, it is not surprising that historians have concentrated on the revolution in the countryside where the rural underclass fought for land. This book uncovers a previously unknown workers' revolution within the broader revolution. Working in Mexico's largest factory industry, cotton textile operatives fought their own fight, one that challenged and overthrew the old labor regime and changed the social relations of work. Their struggle created the most progressive labor regime in Latin America, including but not limited to the famous Article 123 of the 1917 Constitution. Revolution within the Revolution analyzes the rules of labor and explains how they became a pillar of the country's political system. Through the rest of the twentieth century, Mexico's land reform and revolutionary labor regime allowed it to avoid the revolution and repression experienced elsewhere in Latin America.

About the Author

Historian Jeffrey Bortz has taught at Appalachian State University since 1989. Over the course of his career, he has been awarded grants from the Fulbight Commission, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Social Science Research Council. He is the co-editor, with Stephen Haber, of The Mexican Economy, 1870-1930 (Stanford, 2002).