Introduction
A global economic framework
The rise of steamers
Firemen, sailors, and working conditions
A determined community
Chapter One: Life on the Docks: Libertarians and Trade Unionists in Buenos Aires
Reorganizing Argentina’s economy, politics, port cities, and labor
Anarchists and socialists at sea and in the ports
Resistance societies
Constante Carballo, transnational agitator
Uruguay: the other shore in the mirror
Transition in Buenos Aires
Conclusion
Chapter Two: The Caribbean Atlantic: Anarchism and Reformist Unionism
Economic development and social conflict
Migration and community formation
Labor organizing
Conclusion
Chapter Three: The North American Atlantic: Syndicalism, Race, and Maritime Unionism
Spanish immigrants and maritime workers
Revolutionary syndicalism and the Unión de Fogoneros
The port world of bars, masculine culture, and place
Strikes: brief victories, bitter defeats
Opposition
Rupture with the ISU and incorporation into the IWW
Global connections
Conclusion
Epilogue
Notes
Index