Buying into the Regime: Grapes and Consumption in Cold War Chile and the United States

by Heidi Tinsman

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Buying into the Regime is a transnational history of how Chilean grapes created new forms of consumption and labor politics in both the United States and Chile. After seizing power in 1973, Augusto Pinochet embraced neoliberalism, transforming Chile's economy. The country became the world's leading grape exporter. Heidi Tinsman traces the rise of Chile's fruit industry, examining how income from grape production enabled fruit workers, many...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822355353

ISBN13:9780822355359

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.19 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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