Industry and Revolution Social and Economic Change in the Orizaba Valley, Mexico

Name: Industry and Revolution Social and Economic Change in the Orizaba Valley, Mexico
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ISBN: 9780674072725

ISBN-10: 0674072723

ISBN-13: 9780674072725

Edition: 2013

Authors: Aurora Gï¿½mez-Galvarriato, Aurora Gï¿½mez-Galvarriato

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The Mexican Revolution has long been considered a revolution of peasants. But Aurora Gómez-Galvarriato’s investigation of the mill towns of the Orizaba Valley reveals that industrial workers played a neglected but essential role in shaping the Revolution. By tracing the introduction of mechanized industry into the valley, she connects the social and economic upheaval unleashed by new communication, transportation, and production technologies to the political unrest of the revolutionary decade. Industry and Revolution makes a convincing argument that the Mexican Revolution cannot be understood apart from the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution, and thus provides a fresh perspective…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 6/3/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 362
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.15" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Introduction



The Mexican Textile Industry: An Overview



CIVSA: The Nature of the Firm



The Nature of the Labor Force



Labor Organization during the Porfiriato



Textile Workers and the Mexican Revolution



Labor and the First Postrevolutionary Regimes



A Revolution in Work: Real Wages and Working Hours



A Revolution in Daily Life: Community and Living Conditions in the Mill Towns



The Impact of the Mexican Revolution on CIVSA's Performance


Conclusion


Abbreviations


Notes


Archives and Periodicals Consulted


Acknowledgments


Index