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A History of the Bolivian Labour Movement 1848-1971
Contributor(s): Lora, Guillermo (Author), Whitehead, Laurence (Editor), Whitehead, Christine (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0521100216     ISBN-13: 9780521100212
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $44.64  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2009
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Annotation: This book is an abridgement and translation of Guillermo Lora's five-volume history.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economic Conditions
- History | World - General
- History | Latin America - General
Dewey: 330.984
Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies Cambridge Latin American St
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (1.18 lbs) 424 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
 
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Publisher 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. 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.
 
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