Working women, entrepreneurs, and the Mexican revolution : the coffee culture of Córdoba, Veracruz / Heather Fowler-Salamini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler-Salamini, Heather, 1940-

Series:

Mexican experience.

The Mexican Experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women coffee industry employees--Mexico--Córdoba (Veracruz-Llave)--History--20th century.

Women coffee industry employees.

Coffee industry--Mexico--Córdoba (Veracruz-Llave)--History--20th century.

Coffee industry.

Córdoba (Veracruz-Llave)--Economic conditions--20th century.

Córdoba (Veracruz-Llave).

Córdoba (Veracruz-Llave)--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (438 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Neb. ; London : University of Nebraska Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1890's, Spanish entrepreneurs spearheaded the emergence of Córdoba, Veracruz, as Mexico's largest commercial center for coffee preparation and export to the Atlantic community. Seasonal women workers quickly became the major part of the agroindustry's labor force. As they grew in numbers and influence in the first half of the twentieth century, these women shaped the workplace culture and contested gender norms through labor union activism and strong leadership. Their fight for workers' rights was supported by the revolutionary state and negotiated within its industrial-labor ins

Contents:

Emergence of a coffee commercial elite in Córdoba, Veracruz

Work, gender, and workshop culture

Sorters' negotiations with exporters and the state

Caciquismo, organized labor, and gender

Everyday experiences and Obrera culture

Coffee entrepreneurs, workers, and the state confront the challenges of modernization.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Descripion based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 27, 2013).

ISBN:

9781496211644

1496211642

9780803246409

0803246404

OCLC:

851559077