"Estábamos principiando": un estudio sobre el movimiento obrero en Chinandega, Nicaragua (1920-1949)
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1988-07-01
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Gould, Gould, Jeffrey
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Editorial Universidad Nacional
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En 1983 - 1984 realice una investigaci6n documental sobre el movimiento obrero nicaragilense durante los afios 1944 - 1946. Como resultado de tal investigaci6n cuestione la historiografia existente sobre el tema, principalmente en cuanto a las caracteriza ciones del movimiento obrero como "debil" y "artesanal", facilmente manipulado por Somoza. Al contrario, mi investigaci6n revel6 un movimiento sindical en rapido desarrollo que se convirti6 en menos de un afio en una fuerza políItica y social muy significativa, ya que tanto Somoza como la oposici6n antiso mocista luchaba para entablar alianzas con el Partido Socialista (PSN) que tenia hegemonia sobre el movimiento obrero. Sostuve ademas que el proyecto politico somocista enesa epoca era esencial mente populista y su estimulo al movimiento obrero no era mera demagogia sino una estrategia inspirada en parte en el Peronismo.
In 1983 - 1984, I carried out a documentary research on the Nicaraguan labor movement during the years 1944 - 1946. As a result of this research, I questioned the existing historiography on the subject, mainly regarding the characterization of the labor movement as "weak" and "artisanal." ", easily manipulated by Somoza. On the contrary, my research revealed a rapidly developing union movement that became in less than a year a very significant political and social force, as both Somoza and the anti-socialist opposition struggled to forge alliances with the Socialist Party (PSN) that it had hegemony over the labor movement. I further argued that the Somoza political project at that time was essentially populist and its stimulation of the labor movement was not mere demagoguery but a strategy inspired in part by Peronism.
In 1983 - 1984, I carried out a documentary research on the Nicaraguan labor movement during the years 1944 - 1946. As a result of this research, I questioned the existing historiography on the subject, mainly regarding the characterization of the labor movement as "weak" and "artisanal." ", easily manipulated by Somoza. On the contrary, my research revealed a rapidly developing union movement that became in less than a year a very significant political and social force, as both Somoza and the anti-socialist opposition struggled to forge alliances with the Socialist Party (PSN) that it had hegemony over the labor movement. I further argued that the Somoza political project at that time was essentially populist and its stimulation of the labor movement was not mere demagoguery but a strategy inspired in part by Peronism.
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NICARAGUA, HISTORIOGRAFÍA, SOMOZA GARCÍA, ANASTASIO, HISTORIOGRAPHY, MOVIMIENTOS SOCIALES, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS