A History of Organized Labor in Brazil
- ISBN-10
- 0275977382
- ISBN-13
- 9780275977382
- Category
- Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations
- Pages
- 231
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- Robert Jackson Alexander, Eldon M. Parker
Description
Examines the history of the labor movement in Brazil from the last decades of the 19th century onward.
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