The Agony of Modernization : Labor and Industrialization in Spain / Benjamin Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Benjamin, Author.

Series:

Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The Agony of Modernization fills a serious gap in the enigmatic and complex history of labor relations in Spain. Benjamin Martin uses a balanced and objective socioeconomic approach to define the evolution of the Spanish labor movement from the birth of trade unionism in the 1840s to its maturity today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TABLES AND FIGURES

ABBREVIATIONS

PREFACE

1. The Socioeconomic Setting

2. A Modern Labor Force and Social Legislation

3. The Emergence of Modern Labor Organization

4. Early Development of the General Workers Union (UGT)

5. The Trials and Tribulations of Labor in Catalonia

6. Catholic Labor: Ecclesiastical Myopia and Disaster

7. Labor’s Coming of Age, 1915-1923

8. The Shaping of Labor Relations under the Restoration

9. The Primo de Rivera Dictatorship, 1923–1930: A Janus-Faced Labor Policy

10.The Second Republic, 1931–1936

11. Labor and the Civil War, 1936-1939

EPILOGUE

BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY

NOTES

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3712-0

OCLC:

1198931703