The Allure of Labor: Workers, Race, and the Making of the Peruvian State

by Paulo Drinot

In The Allure of Labor, Paulo Drinot rethinks the social politics of early-twentieth-century Peru. Arguing that industrialization was as much a cultural project as an economic one, he describes how intellectuals and policymakers came to believe that industrialization and a modern workforce would transform Peru into a civilized nation. Preoccupied with industrial progress but wary of the disruptive power of organized labor, these elites led...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822350130
• ISBN13: 9780822350132
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"