Description
BETWEEN THE PORT AND THE MINE (I)
Book summary
This work offers a rigorous analysis of the labor movement in the Huelva mining region, moving away from approaches centered on leaders or institutions. The author, José Juan de Paz Sánchez, approaches the working class as a collective, examining their living conditions, struggles, and organization. Through a solid documentary base and a methodology characteristic of Social History, the book contributes to filling a historiographical gap regarding the labor movement at the provincial and regional levels of the mining sector.
What is it about?
The book provides a historical study of the labor movement in the Huelva mining basin, with special attention to the connection between extraction centers and the port as an export hub. Far from a personalist or institutional perspective, the research focuses on the working class as a whole, analyzing their forms of organization, protest, and daily life. To do so, the author relies on the treatment of primary and secondary documentary sources, applying a methodology that responds to the approaches of Social History. The objective is to alleviate the scarcity of provincial or regional studies on the labor movement in the mining sector, offering a comprehensive view of the social and labor dynamics of the region.
Main themes
- History of the labor movement in the Huelva mining basin.
- Analysis of the working class as a collective historical subject.
- Social History methodology applied to the study of the mining sector.
- Relationship between mining centers and the port of Huelva in the development of the labor movement.
- Living conditions, organization, and protest of mining workers.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at historians, researchers, and students of Social History, History of the Labor Movement, and Contemporary History of Spain. It will also be of great interest to sociologists, anthropologists, and any reader specializing in or interested in regional Andalusian and Huelva history, as well as those interested in the labor and social dynamics of the mining sector.
What this book provides
- An exhaustive and documented study of the Huelva mining labor movement, filling a significant historiographical gap.
- A Social History perspective that prioritizes the analysis of the working class as a collective, overcoming personalist approaches.
- A rigorous methodology based on primary and secondary sources, offering a research model applicable to other contexts.
- A deep understanding of the connections between mining activity, the port, and the development of the labor movement in a key region.
Technical specifications
- Author: DE PAZ SÁNCHEZ, JOSE JUAN
- Publisher: Universidad de Huelva
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: HISTORY, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY
- Collection: ARIAS MONTANO
- Binding: Other
- Number of pages: 432
- Weight: 974 g
Editorial review
This work represents a necessary and specialized contribution to the study of the labor movement in a specific regional area, such as Huelva's mining industry. Its methodological approach, centered on Social History and removed from individual biographies, makes it a valuable resource for researchers and students. The solidity of its documentary base and the depth of the analysis position it as a reference for those seeking to understand the social and labor dynamics of the working class in the mining sector, beyond institutional or personalist narratives.