Working Women, Entrepreneurs, and the Mexican Revolution: The Coffee Culture of Córdoba, Veracruz

by Heather Fowler-Salamini

Book Overview

In the 1890s, Spanish entrepreneurs spearheaded the emergence of C rdoba, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803243715
• ISBN13: 9780803243712
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"