1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453790203321

Autore

Alegre Robert F

Titolo

Railroad radicals in Cold War Mexico : gender, class, and memory / / Robert F. Alegre ; [foreword by] Elena Poniatowska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8032-4870-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

The Mexican experience

Disciplina

331.8811385097209045

Soggetti

Railroads - Employees - Labor unions - Mexico - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Mexico History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Map of Mexico""; ""Introduction""; ""1. "The Mexican Revolution Was Made on the Rails""; ""2. "Born into the Railway""; ""3. "Who Is Mr. Nobody?""; ""4. The "War of Position""""; ""5. Railroaded""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

"An in-depth study of railroad labor activism in the context of Mexico's Cold War experience"--

"Despite the Mexican government's projected image of prosperity and modernity in the years following World War II, workers who felt that Mexico's progress had come at their expense became increasingly discontented. From 1948 to 1958, unelected and often corrupt officials of STFRM, the railroad workers' union, collaborated with the ruling Institutionalized Revolutionary Party (PRI) to freeze wages for the rank and file. In response, members of STFRM staged a series of labor strikes in 1958 and 1959 that inspired a nationwide working-class movement. The Mexican army crushed the last strike on March 26, 1959, and union members discovered that in the context of the Cold War, exercising their constitutional right to organize and strike appeared radical, even subversive. Railroad Radicals in Cold War Mexico



examines a pivotal moment in post-World War II Mexican history. This study of railroad labor activism argues that the railway strikes of the 1950's constituted the first and boldest challenge to PRI rule and marked the beginning of mass dissatisfaction with the ruling party. In addition, Robert F. Alegre gives the wives of the railroad workers a narrative place in this history by incorporating issues of gender identity in his analysis"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910837100703321

Autore

Martano, Giuseppe

Titolo

Poetica e politica fra Platone e Aristotele : un documento di storiografia polemica dell'antichità / Giuseppe Martano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.], : Bibliopolis, [1980?]

Descrizione fisica

P. 132-140 ; 23 cm

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

DAM OPUSC. 01 (19)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Estratto da: Lo scetticismo antico atti del convegno organizzato dal centro di studio del pensiero antico del C.N.R. Roma 5-8 novembre1980