Abstract

SANCHEZ-HIDALGO, Dora Cecília. From crime to labor control: reorganizing labor during the Veracruz port modernization, 1895-1908. memorias [online]. 2018, n.35, pp.79-106. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.35.10449.

This article studies how labor and social practices that ruled labor organization at the port of Veracruz changed between 1895 and 1908. During this period, the Pearson & Sons Co. worked as a contractor for the Mexican government in the building of new port facilities. Through the analysis of a series of criminal trails, the main goal here is to open-up new research possibilities to unders-tand labor dynamics such as sub-contracting, power relations among watch-man authorities, and workers and payment.

Keywords : Labor and social practices; labor organization; technological innovations; and port system.

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