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Informationen zum Autor Ronald L. Mize is associate professor in the School of Language, Culture, and Society at Oregon State University. Klappentext As the first and largest guestworker program, the U.S.-Mexico Bracero Program (1942-1964) codified the unequal relations of labor migration between the two nations. This book interrogates the articulations of race and class in the making of the Bracero Program by introducing new syntheses of sociological theories and methods to center the experiences and recollections of former Braceros and their families. Zusammenfassung As the first and largest guestworker program! the U.S. Mexico Bracero Program (1942 1964) codified the unequal relations of labor migration between the two nations. This book interrogates the articulations of race and class in the making of the Bracero Program by introducing new syntheses of sociological theories and methods to center the experiences and recollections of former Braceros and their families." Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Invisible Workers of the U.S.-Mexican Bracero ProgramChapter 2: Braceros and the Social Formation of Anglo Racial FramesChapter 3: The Bracero Working Day and the Contested Terrain of Class RelationsChapter 4: The Making of the Bracero 'Total' InstitutionChapter 5: Conclusion: The Politics of Reparations and the Contemporary Bracero Redress MovementAppendix I: The Articulation of Race and Class in the Making of the Bracero Total InstitutionAppendix II: Working in the Field: Historical Memory, Archival Ethnography, and Direct Accounts of Agricultural Migrant LaborAppendix III: The Standard Work Contract and Accompanying DocumentsAppendix IV: Original Bracero Agreement of 1942Appendix V: Braceros from Mexican States of Origin, 1942-1946 and 1951-1964
