{"product_id":"ambassadors-of-the-working-class-ernesto-sem-n-9780822369059","title":"Ambassadors of the Working Class: Argentina's International Labor Activists and Cold War Democracy in the Americas","description":"In 1946 Juan Per launched a populist challenge to the United States, recruiting an army of labor activists to serve as worker attach駸 at every Argentine embassy. By 1955, over five hundred would serve, representing the largest presence of blue-collar workers in the foreign service of any country in history. A meatpacking union leader taught striking workers in Chicago about rising salaries under Per. A railroad motorist joined the revolution in Bolivia. A baker showed Soviet workers the daily caloric intake of their Argentine counterparts. As \u003ci\u003eAmbassadors of the Working Class \u003c\/i\u003eshows, the attach駸' struggle against US diplomats in Latin America turned the region into a Cold War battlefield for the hearts of the working classes. In this context, Ernesto Sem疣 reveals, for example, how the attach駸' brand of transnational populism offered Fidel Castro and Che Guevara their last chance at mass politics before their embrace of revolutionary violence. Fiercely opposed by Washington, the attach駸' project foundered, but not before US policymakers used their opposition to Peronism to rehearse arguments against the New Deal's legacies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernesto Sem疣\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822369052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822369059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018","brand":"Ernesto Sem疣","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980624625919,"sku":"9780822369059","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e0459c4-0c30-4cf1-add5-1745b65fd764.jpg?v=1683250978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ambassadors-of-the-working-class-ernesto-sem-n-9780822369059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}