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cigar-makers in american colonial manila: survival during structural depression in the 1920s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2005

yoshihiro chiba
Affiliation:
graduate school of economics and business adminstration, hokkaido university, sapporo, japan. his e-mail contact is uguisu@muc.biglobe.ne.jp

Abstract

this article analyses the socioeconomic relations of manila cigar-makers, who had strong bargaining power vis-à-vis management during the american colonial period. focusing on a structural economic depression which took place in the mid-1920s, the study considers the evolution of these workers' lives in terms of skills, autonomy, stratification and cohesiveness at their work sites.

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articles
Copyright
© 2005 the national university of singapore

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Footnotes

an earlier version of this article was presented at the kansai branch of the japan society for southeast asian history; i am grateful for the many helpful comments i received there. i would also like to thank the two anonymous jseas referees for their critical feedback.