The global perspective of urban labor in Mexico City, 1910-1929 : el mundo al revés / Stephan Fender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fender, Stephan, 1981- author.

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of the Americas ; 10.

Routledge studies in the history of the Americas ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor--Mexico--History--20th century.

Labor.

Labor movement--Mexico--History--20th century.

Labor movement.

History.

Mexico.

Mexico--Social conditions--20th century.

Social conditions.

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1923-1924.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 215 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"The Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910-1929 examines the global entanglement of the Mexican labor movement during the Mexican Revolution. It describes how global influences made their entry into labor culture through the cinema, the theater, and labor festivals as well as into the development of consumption patterns and advertisement. It further shows how the young labor movement constituted its discourse and invented its tradition at meetings and in the columns of newspapers. The local conditions constitute the framework for the examination of Mexican labor's perspectives on and engagement with contemporary events of global significance. Thereby, this book demonstrates how workers turned to the global context in search of guidance and role models, embracing global developments and narratives. It also reveals the differentiations from this context in order to create a unique local identity. This approach allows new perspectives on the role of a neglected revolutionary actor and on the influence of global developments in a revolution that has been predominantly interpreted from a national point of view. It shows the way global ideas were brought to life in the framework of revolutionary Mexico City - providing new insights into the grand-narratives of Globalization and Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fender, Stephan, 1981- The global perspective of urban labor in Mexico City, 1910-1929.

ISBN:

9780367198466

0367198460

OCLC:

1121423158

Publisher Number:

99983651034