Capitalist control and workers' struggle in the Brazilian auto industry / John Humphrey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Humphrey, John, 1950- author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile industry workers--Brazil.

Automobile industry workers.

Automobile industry workers--Labor unions--Brazil.

Strikes and lockouts--Automobile industry--Brazil.

Strikes and lockouts.

Automobile industry and trade--Brazil.

Automobile industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Princeton Legacy Library edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A case study of the largest industrial concentration in Latin America, this work shows how the unique situation of auto workers led them to articulate demands relevant for the whole working class. By exploring a concrete situation in two specific plants, the author clarifies the nature of work in modern industry.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Development of the Brazilian Labor System

2. Industrial Development and the Working Class

3. Industrial Development and the Working Class

4. Employment Policies and Industrial Relations in the Auto Industry

5. Trade Unionism in the Auto Industry

6. The Auto Workers Take On the Employers: 1978

7. The Auto Workers Take On the State: 1979

8. Employer Strategies and Industrial Relations

9. Auto Workers and the Brazilian Working Class

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691654119

0691654115

9780691614007

0691614008

OCLC:

1016617304