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Author Farnsworth-Alvear, Ann, 1965-

Title Dulcinea in the factory : myths, morals, men, and women in Colombia's industrial experiment, 1905-1960 / Ann Farnsworth-Alvear
Published Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 303 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Comparative and international working-class history
Comparative and international working-class history.
Contents Part 1. The place of female factory labor in Medellín. 1. Medellín, 1900-1960. 2. The making of La mujer obrera, 1910-20. 3. New workers, new workplaces, 1905-35 -- Part 2. The making and unmaking of La moral. 4. Strikes, 1935-36. 5. Gender by the rules: anticommunism and La moral, 1936-53. 6. La moral in practice, 1936-53. 7. Masculinization and El control, 1953-60 -- Conclusion
Summary A study of social control, resistance, and self-perception in the textile industry as the workforce changed from almost all female to almost all male
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index
Notes English
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Subject Women textile workers -- Colombia -- Medellín -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
Women textile workers.
Colombia -- Medellín.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 99044769
ISBN 0822380269
9780822380269
1283061856
9781283061858
9786613061850
6613061859