Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. The Economic and Political Setting
2. Creating the Image: Construction of the Images of Yrigoyen and Alvear
3. The Limits of Patronage
4. When Bosses and Workers Agreed: The Failure of Social Welfare Legislation
5. Yrigoyen and the Limitations of Obrerismo, 1916–1922
6. Alvear and the Attempted Establishment of an Institutionalized Relationship with Labor, 1922–1928
7. Yrigoyen and the Failure to Reestablish Obrerismo, 1928–1930
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Joel Horowitz is Professor of History at Saint Bonaventure University, USA.
“At a time when historical scholarship on Latin America is awash in
postmodern cultural and gender studies, often dealing with subjects
of trivial consequence, Joel Horowitz’s book tackles an enormously
important subject. Argentina’s Unión Cívica Radical was Latin
America’s first mass-based political party, arguably the first to
emerge in the former colonial world. The UCR’s history ranks with
that of the Congress Party in India and a handful of other examples
of attempts to institutionalize and democratize politics on the
remnants of colonial structures and practices. The UCR thus
occupies a prominent place not only in Argentina’s history but also
in the history of twentieth-century democracy. This is a story ripe
for a reassessment. Horowitz provides the most detailed study of
labor politics in the decade that exists in any language; no
historian, even from Argentina, has his command and understanding
of the politics of labor in this decade. He covers all the major
ideological tendencies, labor confederations, and key unions with
absolute mastery. His research is extraordinarily deep here, and
the chapters are brimming with insights. The publication of Joel
Horowitz’s book confirms Penn State University Press’s status as
the leading English-language publisher of Argentine history.”—James
P. Brennan, University of California, Riverside
“This book sheds new light on a crucial chapter in the struggle for
democracy in Argentina. Drawing on approaches from political and
labor history, Horowitz’s study examines the complex negotiations
among party leaders, state officials, and working people that
shaped public life during the heyday of Radical Party rule. In the
process, it questions familiar assumptions regarding cronyism and
popular politics associated with the Argentine republic in the
early twentieth century.”—Eduardo Elena, University of Miami
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historiography with this finely researched monograph.”—M. E. Kehren
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understanding.”—Paula Alonso American Historical Review
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