{"product_id":"roots-of-resistance-a-story-of-gender-race-and-labor-on-the-north-coast-of-honduras-hardcover","title":"Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuyapa G. Portillo Villeda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 Sara A. Whaley Prize of the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A first-of-its-kind study of the working-class culture of resistance on the Honduran North Coast and the radical organizing that challenged US capital and foreign intervention at the onset of the Cold War, examining gender, race, and place.\u003cp\u003e On May 1, 1954, striking banana workers on the North Coast of Honduras brought the regional economy to a standstill, invigorating the Honduran labor movement and placing a series of demands on the US-controlled banana industry. Their actions ultimately galvanized a broader working-class struggle and reawakened long-suppressed leftist ideals. The first account of its kind in English, \u003ci\u003eRoots of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e explores contemporary Honduran labor history through the story of the great banana strike of 1954 and centers the role of women in the narrative of the labor movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on extensive firsthand oral history and archival research, Suyapa G. Portillo Villeda examines the radical organizing that challenged US capital and foreign intervention in Honduras at the onset of the Cold War. She reveals the everyday acts of resistance that laid the groundwork for the 1954 strike and argues that these often-overlooked forms of resistance should inform analyses of present-day labor and community organizing. \u003ci\u003eRoots of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the complexities of transnational company hierarchies, gender and race relations, and labor organizing that led to the banana workers' strike and how these dynamics continue to reverberate in Honduras today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163215237255,"sku":"9781477322185","price":94.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/708398444339ce022c82918167673964.webp?v=1733295648","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/roots-of-resistance-a-story-of-gender-race-and-labor-on-the-north-coast-of-honduras-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}