Reinventing Free Labor : Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880–1930
by
Gunther Peck
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521641608
ISBN-13
9780521641609
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 29th, 2000
Print length
332 Pages
Weight
646 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 24.20 x 2.50 cms
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One of the most infamous villains in North America during the Progressive Era was the padrone, a mafia-like immigrant boss who allegedly enslaved his compatriots. In this history of the padrone, first published in 2000, Gunther Peck argues that they were not primitive men but rather thoroughly modern entrepreneurs.
One of the most infamous villains in North America during the Progressive Era was the padrone, a mafia-like immigrant boss who allegedly enslaved his compatriots and kept them uncivilized, unmanly, and unfree. In this history of the padrone, first published in 2000, Gunther Peck analyzes the figure's deep cultural resonance by examining the lives of three padrones and the workers they imported to North America. He argues that the padrones were not primitive men but rather thoroughly modern entrepreneurs who used corporations, the labour contract, and the right to quit to create far-flung coercive networks. Drawing on Greek, Spanish, and Italian language sources, Peck analyzes how immigrant workers emancipated themselves using the tools of padrone power to their own advantage.
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