{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-bolivian-labour-movement-1848-1971-paperback-9780521100212","title":"A History of the Bolivian Labour Movement 1848–1971 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521100212","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of the Bolivian Labour Movement 1848–1971\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is an abridgement and translation of Guillermo Lora's five-volume history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGuillermo Lora (Author), Laurence Whitehead (Edited by), Christine Whitehead (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521100212, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 January 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is an abridgement and translation of Guillermo Lora's five-volume history. It deals with the strengthening and radicalisation of Bolivia's organised labour movement, which culminated in the drastic revolutionary changes of the 1950s. The first half offers a reinterpretation of Bolivian history in the century preceding the revolution, viewed from the perspective of the working class. The second half discusses in more detail the major political events and doctrinal issues of a period in which the author, as secretary of the Trotskyist Partido Obrero Revolucionario, himself frequently played an active part. Despite the radical upheaval that occurred in the fifties and the mobilisation of broad sectors of the population around such radical objectives as direct property seizures, union-nominated ministers and union, military and worker control, the labour movement was unable to maintain its conquests in the 1960s. The concluding chapters describe the period of renewed military repression and the continuing efforts of the labour movement to resist.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditor's Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Book 1. Protection versus free trade\u003cbr\u003e Book 2. Mineowners, artisans and utopian socialists\u003cbr\u003e Book 3. Workers and the Liberal Party 1900–20\u003cbr\u003e Book 4. The nineteen-twenties\u003cbr\u003e Book 5. From the Chaco defeat to the Catavi massacre 1932–42\u003cbr\u003e Book 6. The workers become revolutionary\u003cbr\u003e Book 7. The rise and fall of the Central Obrera Boliviana\u003cbr\u003e Book 8. The military versus the unions\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Editor's suggested reading\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006394257688,"sku":"9780521100212","price":35.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521100212i_c392a7c0-0a8b-45fa-a57c-5cc366d77665.jpg?v=1694970735","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-history-of-the-bolivian-labour-movement-1848-1971-paperback-9780521100212","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}