Contested communities
Subtitle: class, gender, and politics in Chile's El Teniente copper mine, 1904-1951
By: Thomas Miller Klubock.
Series: Comparative and international working-class history
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: El Teniente (Mine) -- History.; Copper miners -- Chile -- History -- 20th century.; Copper mines and mining -- Chile -- History -- 20th century.; Sex role -- Chile -- History -- 20th century.
Description: In Contested Communities Thomas Miller Klubock analyzes the experiences of the El Teniente copper miners during the first fifty years of the twentieth century. Describing the everyday life and culture of the mining community, its impact on Chilean politics and national events, and the sense of self and identity working-class men and women developed in the foreign-owned enclave, Klubock provides important insights into the cultural and social history of Chile.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-346) and index.