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Workers from the North : plantations, Bolivian labor, and the city in Northwest Argentina

Title
Workers from the North : plantations, Bolivian labor, and the city in Northwest Argentina / by Scott Whiteford.
Author
Whiteford, Scott, 1942-
Publication
Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, ©1981.

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Description
xi, 189 pages; 24 cm
Summary
Social research case study of living conditions and working conditions of migrant Bolivian plantation workers in Argentina - reviews historical background and social change contributing to international migration; examines the occupational status of seasonal workers in sugar plantations and their wage payment system; discusses recruitment practice, occupational health, role of trade unions, rural migration and rural urban disparity. Bibliography, graphs, map, statistical tables.
Series Statement
Latin American monographs ; no. 54
Uniform Title
Latin American monographs (University of Texas at Austin. Institute of Latin American Studies) ; no. 54.
Subject
  • Migrant labor > Argentina > Salta (Province)
  • Migrant labor > Argentina > Jujuy (Province)
  • Plantations > Argentina > Salta (Province)
  • Plantations > Argentina > Jujuy (Province)
  • Urbanization > Argentina > Salta
  • Bolivians > Argentina
  • Afforestation > Argentina > Salta (Province)
  • Afforestation > Argentina > Jujuy (Province)
  • Afforestation
  • Bolivians
  • Migrant labor
  • Plantations
  • Urbanization
  • Arbeitnehmer
  • Migration
  • social research
  • living conditions
  • working conditions
  • migrant
  • Bolivian
  • plantation worker
  • history
  • social change
  • international migration
  • occupational status
  • seasonal workers
  • sugar
  • plantation
  • wage payment system
  • recruitment
  • occupational health
  • trade union
  • rural migration
  • rural urban disparity
  • statistical table
  • recherche sociale
  • conditions de vie
  • conditions de travail
  • Bolivien
  • travailleur des plantations
  • histoire
  • changement social
  • migration internationale
  • statut professionnel
  • travailleur saisonnier
  • sucre
  • système de rémunération
  • recrutement
  • santé au travail
  • syndicat
  • migration rurale
  • disparité ville-campagne
  • tableau statistique
  • investigación sociológica
  • condiciones de vida
  • condiciones de trabajo
  • migrante
  • boliviano
  • trabajador de las plantaciones
  • historia
  • cambio social
  • migración internacional
  • posición profesional
  • trabajador de temporada
  • azúcar
  • plantación
  • sistema de remuneración
  • contratación
  • salud en el trabajo
  • sindicato
  • migración rural
  • desigualdad rural-urbana
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • Argentina
  • Argentina > Jujuy (Province)
  • Argentina > Salta
  • Argentina > Salta (Province)
  • Argentinien > Nordwest
  • Bolivien
  • Argentina
  • Bolivianer
  • Argentine
Genre/Form
  • case study.
  • bibliography.
  • graph.
  • map.
  • étude de cas.
  • bibliographie.
  • carte géographique.
  • graphique.
  • estudio de casos.
  • bibliografía.
  • gráfico.
  • mapa.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [169]-184.
ISBN
  • 0292790155
  • 9780292790155
LCCN
80026599
OCLC
  • ocm06942422
  • 6942422
  • SCSB-48682
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library