Reinventing Free Labor
Title | Reinventing Free Labor PDF eBook |
Author | Gunther Peck |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2000-05-22 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780521778190 |
One of the most infamous villains in North America during the Progressive Era was the padrone, a mafia-like immigrant boss who allegedly enslaved his compatriots and kept them uncivilized, unmanly, and unfree. In this history of the padrone, first published in 2000, Gunther Peck analyzes the figure's deep cultural resonance by examining the lives of three padrones and the workers they imported to North America. He argues that the padrones were not primitive men but rather thoroughly modern entrepreneurs who used corporations, the labour contract, and the right to quit to create far-flung coercive networks. Drawing on Greek, Spanish, and Italian language sources, Peck analyzes how immigrant workers emancipated themselves using the tools of padrone power to their own advantage.
The Padrone
Title | The Padrone PDF eBook |
Author | Don (Donald Taylor) Smith |
Publisher | Greenwich, Conn. : Fawcett Publications |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Organized crime |
ISBN |
The Padrone
Title | The Padrone PDF eBook |
Author | Don Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Mafia |
ISBN |
Contractor
Title | Contractor PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 882 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Building |
ISBN |
The Padrone
Title | The Padrone PDF eBook |
Author | Hill |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-03-12 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Out of Work
Title | Out of Work PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Kellor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1904 |
Genre | Employment agencies |
ISBN |
Pietro's Book
Title | Pietro's Book PDF eBook |
Author | Pietro Pinti |
Publisher | Arcade Publishing |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781559707091 |