Workers' Control in Latin America, 1930-1979

Jonathan C. Brown teaches Latin American history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of Oil and Revolution in Mexico and the prizewinning A Socioeconomic History of Argentina.
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“Affirms its contributors’ belief in the ability of working people to overcome setbacks and repression, and quite rightly draws our attention to historical patterns of resistance to underline the importance of workplace struggles in our neoliberal age.”--Labour History Review

“These essays provide a touchstone for evaluating the trajectories and fates of national capitalist experiments in Latin America.”--International Labor and Working Class History

“Demonstrate[s] a profound sensitivity and deep understanding of workers’ day to day concerns, the nuances of their political philosophies, and the goals of their collective actions. No one has done a better job in recapturing the authentic voices of rank and file workers; no one has done more to place workers’ struggles into the larger historical narrative.”--The Americas

“Fascinating reading, . . . essential for all scholars of Latin American workers’ movements.”--Labor History

"An excellent work in all categories, a book for scholars or general students and for anyone interested in the social issues of Latin America."--Choice

"Contributors to this volume have uncovered new information on workers' pivotal political role in the histories of a wide range of Latin American countries."--Charles Bergquist, University of Washington