3. Entry into the Mines

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. PART ONE. 1926–70
4. 1. Introduction: Revolutionary Parallels in a Life History 3
5. 2. From the Countryside to the Mine 19
6. 3. Entry into the Mines 37
7. 4. My Military Service 56
8. 5. Working in the Mines 79
9. 6. Homework 95
10. 7. Petrona’s Account of Their Wedding 106
11. 8. Married Life in the Mining Camp 124
12. 9. The Triumph of the Revolution: The Workers Are Lords of the National Wealth 154
13. 10. We Miners Lived Like Rats in the Mining Camp 173
14. 11. Luck in the Mines 184
15. 12. Union Struggles 200
16. 13. After the Fall 227
17. 14. I Bury Myself Alive Every Day 252
18. 15. My Lungs Are Exhausted 269
19. 16. You Can Die Working 284
20. 17. How the Poor Get Buried 298
21. PART TWO. Fifteen Years Later
22. 18. The Rich Are Richer and the Poor Are Poorer 313
23. 19. Petrona 320
24. 20. Juan 334
25. 21. Juan Manuel 356
26. 22. Elena 364
27. 23. Epilogue 373
28. REFERENCES CITED 377
29. GLOSSARY 379
30. INDEX 385