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Selected Studies on the Dynamics, Patterns, and Consequences of Migration
UNESCO pub. Report on the correlations between industrialization, urbanization, rural migration and the urban area labour market from 1930 to 1970 in Mexico - based on a sample survey in Mexico City, discusses the historical background, internal migration trends and determinants, internal migrant characteristics (incl. Age group, educational level, occupational structure and geographic distribution), impact on population structure of the urban population, poverty, wage differentials, etc., and outlines the research method. Graphs, maps, references.
A History of the Bolivian Labour Movement 1848-1971
This book is an abridgement and translation of Guillermo Lora's five-volume history. It deals with the strengthening and radicalisation of Bolivia's organised labour movement, which culminated in the drastic revolutionary changes of the 1950s. The first half offers a reinterpretation of Bolivian history in the century preceding the revolution, viewed from the perspective of the working class. The second half discusses in more detail the major political events and doctrinal issues of a period in which the author, as secretary of the Trotskyist Partido Obrero Revolucionario, himself frequently played an active part. Despite the radical upheaval that occurred in the fifties and the mobilisation of broad sectors of the population around such radical objectives as direct property seizures, union-nominated ministers and union, military and worker control, the labour movement was unable to maintain its conquests in the 1960s. The concluding chapters describe the period of renewed military repression and the continuing efforts of the labour movement to resist.
Panpipes and Ponchos
"For several decades now, the Andean conjunto has been the preeminent format for 'Andean folk music' groups in the major cities of the world. Easily identified through the musicians' colorful ponchos and indigenous-associated instruments such as the panpipe, these 4-6 member ensembles interpret the music of the Andes in a style that bears little resemblance to traditional indigenous music, notwithstanding the efforts of "world music" labels to market their recordings as if they accurately reproduce indigenous expressions. Developed mainly by criollo and mestizo musicians, the Andean conjunto tradition has taken root in many Latin American countries, from Argentina to Mexico, but it is only i...
Bolivians of To-day
This book contains short biographies of notable Bolivians, including politicians, authors, artists, and journalists.
The World of Learning
Includes deans and selected faculty at professor level by department or discipline.
