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Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Background: 1. Peronism and the working class, 1943-55; Part II. The Peronist Resistance, 1955-8: 2. The survival of Peronism: resistance in the factories; 3. Commandos and unions: the emergence of the new Peronist union leadership; 4. Ideology and consciousness in the Peronist resistance; Part III. Frondizi and Integration: Temptation and Disenchantment, 1958-62: 5. Resistance and defeat: the impact on leaders, activists and rank and file; 6. The corollary of institutional pragmatism: activists, commandos and elections; Part IV. The Vandor Era: 1962-6; 7. The burocracia sindical: power and politics in Peronist unions; 8. Ideology and politics in Peronist unions: different currents within the movement; Part V. Workers and the Revolución Argentina: from Onganía to the Return of Perón, 1966-73; 9. The Peronist union leaders under siege: new actors and new challenges; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

A solidly researched, persuasive study of the Argentine labour movement which analyses the relationship between Peronism and the Argentine working class.