Beschreibung:
Workshop of Revolution is a historical account of the economic and political forces that propelled the artisans, free laborers, and slaves of Buenos Aires into Argentinas struggle for independence.
Preface ixIntroduction 11. Plebeian City: Late Colonial Buenos Aires 172. The Structures of working Life: Masculinity, Sociability, Skill, and Honor 513. Remembered Scripts and Atlantic Colonial Realities: The Shoemakers and Silversmiths of Buenos Aires 854. Collective Obligations, Self-Interest, and Race: The Guilds of Silversmiths and Shoemakers Fail 1175. The "French Conspiracy" of 1795 1496. The Reproduction of Working-Class Life: Needing, Wanting, Having, and Saving 1797. Working-Class Wages, Earnings, and the Organization of Urban Work 2158. An Empire Lost: The Plebe Transformed 249Epilogue 283Notes 297Bibliography 367Index 391