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Contested communities : class, gender, and politics in Chile's El Teniente copper mine, 1904-1951 / Thomas Miller Klubock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Klubock, Thomas Miller.
- Series:
- Comparative and international working-class history.
- Comparative and international working-class history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- El Teniente (Mine)--History.
- El Teniente (Mine).
- Copper miners--Chile--History--20th century.
- Copper miners.
- Copper mines and mining--Chile--History--20th century.
- Copper mines and mining.
- Sex role--Chile--History--20th century.
- Sex role.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (387 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Contested Communities Thomas Miller Klubock analyzes the experiences of the El Teniente copper miners during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. Describing the everyday life and culture of the mining community, its impact on Chilean politics and national events, and the sense of self and identity working-class men and women developed in the foreign-owned enclave, Klubock provides important insights into the cultural and social history of Chile.
- Contents:
- The formation of a modern mining enterprise
- Labor strife, social welfare, and the regulation of working-class sexuality
- Community, politics, and the invention of a labor tradition
- Miners and citizens
- Conflict and accommodation at work
- "Rotos macanudos" and football stars
- Women, marriage, and the organization of sexuality
- Workers' movements, women's mobilization, and labor politics.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-346) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822320920
- 0822320924
- 9780822378099
- 0822378094
- OCLC:
- 654889889
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