Ann Farnsworth-Alvear (born in

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) is an Associate Professor of History at the

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. She authored the book ''Dulcinea in the Factory: Myths, Morals, Men, and Women in Colombia's Industrial Experiment'' that was published by

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. In the book she identifies two crucial turning points in the history of the factories of Antioquia: the first being the radical unionization of previously unorganized workers, the second being when technological innovations and the rise of newly trained industrial engineers changed the dynamic of worker and management relations. Such issues are important in the

economic history of Colombia Colombia is now a country mostly in South America, and has been home to many indigenous peoples and cultures since at least 12,000 BCE. Precolonial and colonial history Indigenous peoples in Colombia predominantly cultivated and managed the Clima ...

and the history of the

Latin American economy Latin America as a region has multiple nation-states, with varying levels of economic complexity. The Latin American economy is an export-based economy consisting of individual countries in the geographical regions of North America, Central Americ ...

more generally. The book won the 2001 Bolton-Johnson Prize of the

Conference on Latin American History Conference on Latin American History, (CLAH), founded in 1926, is the professional organization of Latin American historians affiliated with the American Historical Association. It publishes the journal ''The Hispanic American Historical Review''. ...

, which "is awarded annually for the best English-language book on any aspect of Latin American History,"as well as the Allan Sharlin Prize of the Social Science History Association. She published in Duke University Press's series of readers on particular countries ''The Colombia Reader: History, Culture, Politics'' in 2016.Durham: Duke University Press 2017

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