The Peruvian industrial labor force / David Chaplin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaplin, David, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile workers--Peru.

Textile workers.

Labor supply--Peru.

Labor supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1967.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is a sociological analysis of change and mobility in the labor force of thirteen of the largest textile factories in Peru. The book explores demographic and social variables such as age, sex, birthplace, migration, seniority, current and former occupations, and employment status as possible indices of rationality in the Peruvian labor market. There are two especially striking empirical findings: the Peruvian textile industry has not been plagued by the high levels of labor turnover generally assumed to be inevitable in underdeveloped countries; since 1955 women are being shut out of better-paying manufacturing jobs because of welfare laws that make them more expensive to employ than men.Originally published in 1967.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

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

1. Peru

2. A Frame of Reference

3. Peruvian Labor History and Structure

4. The Textile Industry

5. Textile Labor Recruitment

6. The Issue of Labor Stability

7. The Structure of the Manufacturing Labor Force

8. Conclusions and Speculation

Appendix A. Vignettes of the Thirteen Textile Mills: Brief Histories and Current Structure

Appendix B. Methodological Procedures and Problems

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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:

9780691649726

0691649723

9781400874897

1400874890

OCLC:

967536109