Author: Gunther Peck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521778190
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
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.
Reinventing Free Labor
Author: Gunther Peck
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521778190
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521778190
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
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.
New Critical Approaches to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
Author: Jackson J. Benson
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822310679
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
"This companion volume reflects current scholarship and draws together essays that were published during the past decade or written for this collection."--Back cover.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822310679
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
"This companion volume reflects current scholarship and draws together essays that were published during the past decade or written for this collection."--Back cover.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1440
Book Description
The Collected Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitré
Author: Jack Zipes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136094024
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
This two-volume set collects 300 of the most entertaining and important folk and fairy tales of Giuseppe Pitré, a nineteenth century Sicilian folklorist whose significance ranks alongside the Brothers Grimm. In stark contrast to the more literary ambitions of the Grimms' tales, Pitré’s possess a charming, earthy quality that reflect the customs, beliefs, and superstitions of the common people more clearly than any other European folklore collection of the 19th century. Edited, translated, and with a critical introduction by world-renowned folk and fairy tale experts Jack Zipes and Joseph Russo, this is the first collection of Pitré’s tales available in English. Carmelo Letterer's illustrations throughout the volume are as lively and vivid as the stories themselves, illuminating the remarkable imagination captured in the tales.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136094024
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
This two-volume set collects 300 of the most entertaining and important folk and fairy tales of Giuseppe Pitré, a nineteenth century Sicilian folklorist whose significance ranks alongside the Brothers Grimm. In stark contrast to the more literary ambitions of the Grimms' tales, Pitré’s possess a charming, earthy quality that reflect the customs, beliefs, and superstitions of the common people more clearly than any other European folklore collection of the 19th century. Edited, translated, and with a critical introduction by world-renowned folk and fairy tale experts Jack Zipes and Joseph Russo, this is the first collection of Pitré’s tales available in English. Carmelo Letterer's illustrations throughout the volume are as lively and vivid as the stories themselves, illuminating the remarkable imagination captured in the tales.
Phil, the Fiddler
Author: Horatio Jr. Alger
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
"Phil, the Fiddler" by Horatio Jr. Alger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
"Phil, the Fiddler" by Horatio Jr. Alger. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Georgio Italiano
Author: Harry D. George
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1552125386
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A dying American WWII vet tells his story to his son during his final months - his story of becoming a pilot, of flying overseas and entering combat, of being shot down, of going from cockpit to caveman, and of being on the run for 78 days behind German lines north of Florence in Tuscany in 1944, of finally being liberated by American troops - and of joyously arriving home and being reunited with his wife on their Fifth Wedding Anniversary.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1552125386
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A dying American WWII vet tells his story to his son during his final months - his story of becoming a pilot, of flying overseas and entering combat, of being shot down, of going from cockpit to caveman, and of being on the run for 78 days behind German lines north of Florence in Tuscany in 1944, of finally being liberated by American troops - and of joyously arriving home and being reunited with his wife on their Fifth Wedding Anniversary.
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Empire City
Author: Kenneth T. Jackson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231109093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
This major anthology brings together the best literary writing about New York--from O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck to Paul Auster and James Baldwin.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231109093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
This major anthology brings together the best literary writing about New York--from O. Henry, Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Steinbeck to Paul Auster and James Baldwin.
Phil the Fiddler
Author: Horatio Alger
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734063442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Phil the Fiddler by Horatio Alger
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734063442
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Phil the Fiddler by Horatio Alger
Migratory Labor
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Labor and Labor-Management Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 1428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 1428
Book Description