ISSN:
0022-216X
Source:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Topics:
Political Science
Notes:
AbstractThe inauguration of electric streetcar service by two foreign-owned companies in Montevideo in 1906 set off an intense debate between the city's elite and its anarchist workers over the nature of progress. The streetcar became a contested symbol of modernity as the elite attempted to dictate the terms of a new urban order. Anarchists countered with an alternative vision of progress that emphasised social equality, education and liberty, and they competed for the sympathy of the middle class which grew increasingly ambivalent towards the streetcar. Trolley workers resisted a new system of discipline at the workplace and eventually led the city's first general strike, with broad public support.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X00010774
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