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The padrone, a mafia-like immigrant boss, allegedly enslaved his compatriots and kept them uncivilised and unfree. The author argues that the padrones were, in truth, modern entrepreneurs who used corporations, contracts and the right to quit.Peck, Gunther is the author of 'Reinventing Free Labor Padrone and Immigrant Workers in the North American West, 1880-1930', published 2000 under ISBN 9780521778190 and ISBN 0521778190.
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