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A History of Organized Labor in Panama and Central America
Robert J. Alexander
ISBN: 0-275-97740-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-97740-5
320 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/2008
List Price: $140.00 (UK Sterling Price: £96.95)
Discount Price: $70.00 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
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Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • "… [Alexander] derives much material in this book from personal involvement with Serafino Romualdi, an Italian anti-fascist, who acted as an anticommunist agent for the American Federation of Labor throughout Latin America. Along with Jay Lovestone, a former socialist turned anticommunist, Romualdi worked closely with the US State Department and the AFL to destabilize liberal Latin American governments and support friendly labor movements."
    —CHOICE     3/1/2009
Description: This volume is a pioneering study of the history of organized labor in the Central American republics. It traces the history in the various countries from the early nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It also discusses why they appeared, what organizational and ideological tendencies characterized the movement in these countries, the role of collective bargaining, the economic influence of organized labor, as well as the relations of the movement in the individual countries with one another and with the broader labor movement outside of the countries involved in this volume.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    Introduction
    1. Organized Labor in Panama
    2. Costa Rican Organized LaborPart I
    3. Costa Rican Organized LaborPart II
    4. Organized Labor in Nicaragua
    5. Organized Labor in Honduras before 1957
    6. Organized Labor in Honduras after 1957
    7. Organized Labor in El Salvador until 1957
    8. Salvadoran Organized Labor after 1967
    9. Guatemalan Organized Labor before June 1954
    10. Guatemalan Organized Labor after June 1954
    Bibliography
About the Author: Robert J. Alexander is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Political Science, Rutgers University, where he taught for fifty-five years. He is the author of many books including several for Praeger and Greenwood.
PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Spring 2009.pdf
Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf
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