Working women, entrepreneurs, and the Mexican revolution : the coffee culture of Córdoba, Veracruz / Heather Fowler-Salamini.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Emergence of a coffee commercial elite in Córdoba, Veracruz -- Work, gender, and workshop culture -- Sorters' negotiations with exporters and the state -- Caciquismo, organized labor, and gender -- Everyday experiences and Obrera culture -- Coffee entrepreneurs, workers, and the state confront the challenges of modernization.

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In the 1890s, Spanish entrepreneurs spearheaded the emergence of Córdoba, Veracruz, as Mexico's largest commercial center for coffee preparation and export to the Atlantic community. Seasonal women workers quickly became the major part of the agroindustry's labor force. As they grew in numbers and influence in the first half of the twentieth century, these women shaped the workplace culture and contested gender norms through labor union activism and strong leadership. Their fight for workers' rights was supported by the revolutionary state and negotiated within its industrial-labor institutions until they were replaced by machines in the 1960s. This book analyzes the interrelationships between the region's immigrant entrepreneurs, workforce, labor movement, gender relations, and culture on the one hand, and social revolution, modernization and the Atlantic community on the other between the 1890s and the 1960s.

English.

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