2.4. Latin America and the Caribbean

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. 1. Introduction 1
4. 2. Regions
5. 2.1. China 15
6. 2.2. South Asia 33
7. 2.3. Sub-saharan Africa 63
8. 2.4. Latin America and the Caribbean 83
9. 2.5. Canada and the United States 111
10. 2.6. Eastern Europe 131
11. 2.7. Western Europe 157
12. 2.8. Iran (Persia) 181
13. 2.9. The Ottoman Middle East and Modern Turkey 201
14. 3. Types of Work
15. 3.1. Agriculture 217
16. 3.2. Mining 237
17. 3.3. Textile Industry 259
18. 3.4. Trade, Transport, and Services 277
19. 3.5. Administrative Staff 297
20. 4. Labour Relations
21. 4.1. Introductory Remarks 317
22. 4.2. Subsistence and Household Labour 329
23. 4.3. Convict Labour 345
24. 4.4. Indentured Labour 363
25. 4.5. Slave Labour 377
26. 4.6. Wage Labour 395
27. 5. Attitudes To Work 411
28. 6. Labour Migration 433
29. 7. Work Incentives and Forms of Supervision 469
30. 8. Organization and Resistance
31. 8.1. Mutualism 491
32. 8.2. Desertion 505
33. 8.3. Strikes, Lockouts, and Informal Resistance 521
34. 8.4. Trade Unions 551
35. Acknowledgments 571
36. Notes on Contributors 573
37. Subject Index 579
38. Index of Names 597