"Positively alarming" : Southern boosters, Piedmont Mills, and New England responses -- "Manufacturers surely cannot be expected to continue" : legislation, labor, and depression -- "A model manufacturing town" : moving to Alabama City -- "Small help" : unionization, capital mobility, and...

Dr. Milanesio examines the ways mass consumption transformed Argentina in the twentieth century in a comprehensive analysis of the relations between consumers, goods, manufacturers, advertisers, and the state during Juan Perón's reign. She examines the social and political changes that occurred...

Young women and work -- Earning a living : daughters and the family economy -- Entering employment -- Mobility, migration, and aspiration -- Work culture -- "Frivolous" workers? : trade unionism and militancy -- Beyond the workplace : leisure and courtship

The Pinochet era / Peter Winn -- Politics without policy : the failure of social concertation in democratic Chile, 1990-2000 / Volker Frank -- "No miracle for us" : the textile industry in the Pinochet era, 1973-1998 / Peter Winn -- Disciplined workers and avid consumers : neoliberal policy and...