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Weavers of Revolution: The Yarur Workers and Chile's Road to Socialism

by Peter Winn · 1986 · 354 pages

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This analysis of the dramatic seizure of the Yarur cotton mill in Santiago and its repercussions for Allende's revolution is based on extensive, unique interviews with officials (including Allende) and workers as well as on archival research.

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Subject
history
Setting
20th centurylatin americachile
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 354 pages

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