I Sweat the Flavor of Tin: Labor Activism in Early Twentieth-Century Bolivia

by Robert L. Smale

On June 4, 1923, the Bolivian military turned a machine gun on striking miners in the northern Potos\u00ed town of Unc\u00eda. The incident is remembered as Bolivia s first massacre of industrial workers. The violence in Unc\u00eda highlights a formative period in the development of a working class who would eventually challenge the oligarchic control of the nation.Robert L. Smale begins his study as Bolivia s mining industry transitioned from silver...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822961172
• ISBN13: 9780822961178
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"