Workshop of revolution : plebeian Buenos Aires and the Atlantic world, 1776-1810 / Lyman L. Johnson.

Author/creator Johnson, Lyman L.
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Duke University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxiv, 410 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Working class--Argentina. --Buenos Aires. --History. --18th century.
Working class--Argentina. --Buenos Aires. --History. --19th century.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)--History. --18th century.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)--History. --19th century.

Contents Plebeian city : late colonial Buenos Aires -- The structures of a working life : masculinity, sociability, skill, and honor -- Remembered scripts and Atlantic colonial realities : the shoemakers and silversmiths of Buenos Aires -- Collective obligations, self-interest, and race: the guilds of silversmiths and shoemakers fail -- The "French conspiracy?" of 1795 -- The reproduction of working-class life : needing, wanting, having, and saving -- Working-class wages, earnings, and the organization of urban work -- An empire lost: the plebe transformed.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references(p. [367]-389) and index.
LCCN 2010041585
ISBN9780822349662 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822349663 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822349815 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822349817 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks F3001.3 .J64 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold