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Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880-1930

Reinventing Free Labor: Padrones and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880-1930

Peck, Gunther

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General United States HistorySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0521778190
ISBN13: 9780521778190
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 22 2000
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
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 first-ever history of the padrone, Gunther Peck argues that they were not primitive men but rather thoroughly modern entrepreneurs who used corporations, the labor 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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