Hombres y mujeres de la Pampa
Subtitle: Tarapacá en el ciclo del salitre
By: Sergio González Miranda.
Series: Ediciones especiales Camanchaca ;; no. 2
Publisher: Taller de Estudios Regionales
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Iquique, Chile
Language: spa
Subjects: Chile saltpeter industry -- Social aspects -- Chile -- Tarapacá (Region); Tarapacá (Chile : Region) -- Economic conditions.; Tarapacá (Chile : Region) -- Social conditions.
Description: "An excellent work, often employing interviews, describing life in the salitreras: the various social classes, the jobs they performed, the process of extraction, as well as production, transportation, and the methods employed to recruit labor. Includes sections on the infamous system of fichas and the pulperías. Essential work based on rich sources"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297).
Two folded maps inserted.