The seed was planted
Subtitle: the Saõ Paulo roots of Brazil's rural labor movement, 1924-1964
By: Cliff Welch.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
Subjects: Labor movement -- Brazil -- São Paulo -- History -- 20th century.; Labor movement -- Brazil -- Political activity -- 20th century.; Agricultural laborers -- Labor unions -- History.; Labor unions -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 20th century.; Brazil -- Social conditions.
Description: "Argues that rural land and labor activism extend back to 1920s, at least in São Paulo state. Details interaction of rural workers with Vargas state, the Partido Comunista Brasileiro, Catholic Church, and other actors, and workers' responses to repression after 1964. Important antidote to generally ahistorical analyses of contemporary Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-398) and index.