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The Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910–1929

El Mundo al Revés

Stephan Fender (University College Dublin, Ireland)

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English
Routledge
05 December 2019
The Global Perspective of Urban Labor in Mexico City, 1910–1929 examines the global entanglement of the Mexican labor movement during the Mexican Revolution. It describes how global influences made their entry into labor culture through the cinema, the theater, and labor festivals as well as into the development of consumption patterns and advertisement. It further shows how the young labor movement constituted its discourse and invented its tradition at meetings and in the columns of newspapers.

The local conditions constitute the framework for the examination of Mexican labor’s perspectives on and engagement with contemporary events of global significance. Thereby, this book demonstrates how workers turned to the global context in search of guidance and role models, embracing global developments and narratives. It also reveals the differentiations from this context in order to create a unique local identity.

This approach allows new perspectives on the role of a neglected revolutionary actor and on the influence of global developments in a revolution that has been predominantly interpreted from a national point of view. It shows the way global ideas were brought to life in the framework of revolutionary Mexico City – providing new insights into the grand-narratives of Globalization and Revolution.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   453g
ISBN:   9780367198466
ISBN 10:   0367198460
Series:   Routledge Studies in the History of the Americas
Pages:   216
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary ,  A / AS level
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
1. Introduction 2. The World of Urban Labor 3. The Outward Perspective 4. Elements of Identity 5. The Question of Belonging 6. Conclusion

Stephan Fender has studied history in Hamburg, Mexico City, and Barcelona and holds a PhD in Latin American History from the University of Hamburg. Currently, he works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University College Dublin, where he examines the global impact of the Mexican Revolution.

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