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SUMMARY:Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture by Anna Guiteras Mombiola
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DESCRIPTION:How did Bolivian Amazonia's integration into the international
  economy in the mid-nineteenth century lead to exploitative labor practice
 s? This lecture explores the recruitment of workers\, particularly indigen
 ous populations\, and reveals the various methods employed\, ranging from 
 voluntary recruitment to forced labor and debt peonage. These practices of
 ten resembled a form of "slavery" characterized by varying degrees of arbi
 trariness and violence. Despite initial legislation aimed at protecting wo
 rkers\, it didn't take long for the interests of economic agents to influe
 nce the implementation of labor contracting laws. Consequently\, a converg
 ence of public and private interests emerged\, enabling the abuse and expl
 oitation of different ethnic groups. This lecture also examines how the er
 ratic enforcement of labor laws and the dominance of Creole society contri
 buted to this exploitation\, ultimately leading to labor practices that pe
 rsisted well into the twentieth century.
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URL:https://www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/events/joseph-c-miller-memorial-
 lecture-by-anna-guiteras-mombiola
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