Roots of resistance : a story of gender, race, and labor on the North Coast of Honduras /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Portillo Villeda, Suyapa G. (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	General Strike, Honduras, 1954. Strikes and lockouts > Banana trade > Honduras > History > 20th century. Labor movement > Honduras > History. Women in the labor movement > Honduras > History. Banana trade > Honduras > History > 20th century. Banana trade. Labor movement. Strikes and lockouts > Banana trade. Women in the labor movement. Honduras. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Honduran workers
new voices, old memories
Intersecting projects: contested visions for the North Coast
Revolutionary antecedents to the 1954 strike: liberals, rebels and radicals
Life and labor in banana fincas
The making of a campenÌƒo and campenÌƒa culture: race, gender, and resistance
'Mujeres que cuidaban hombres y vendedoras ambulantes': gendered roles and informal work on the North Coast
Â¡La Gran Huelga del 1954!: labor organizing in the banana labor camps
Contemporary movement leaders reflect on the legacy of the 1954 strike
Conclusion
Appendices. Los 30 puntos: Tela Railroad Company worker demands
Central strike committee 7 demands of company and Honduran government, May 17, 1954
Standard Fruit Company worker strike demands, May 7 1954
Signed contract between Standard Fruit Company, AguÌ?an Valley, the members of the central strike for labor relations
Program of the Honduran Revolutionary Democratic Party
Brief selected chronology of labor and political events in Honduras
Table of early signs of worker actions and strikes in Honduras.