Introduction -- The Mexican textile industry: an overview -- CIVSA : the nature of the firm -- The nature of the labor force -- Labor organization during the porfiriato -- Textile workers and the Mexican revolution -- Labor and the first postrevolutionary regimes -- A revolution in work : real...

Industrial workers, not just peasants, played an essential role in the Mexican Revolution. Tracing the introduction of mechanized industry into the Orizaba Valley, Aurora Gómez-Galvarriato argues convincingly that the revolution cannot be understood apart from the Industrial Revolution, and...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Mexican Textile Industry: An Overview -- 2. CIVSA: The Nature of the Firm -- 3. The Nature of the Labor Force -- 4. Labor Organization during the Porfiriato -- 5. Textile Workers and the Mexican Revolution -- 6. Labor and the First Postrevolutionary...