Proletarians of the North - A History of Mexican Industrial Workers in Detroit Midwest, 1917

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About the author

Zaragosa Vargas is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is the editor of Major Problems in Mexican American History (1999).

Summary

This study of the employment of Mexicans as labourers in the USA between World War I and the Great Depression relates the social and economic experiences of the Mexican workers. It describes the roles of women, the Catholic church and labour unions.

Product details

• Authors: Leonard Pitt, Zaragosa Vargas, Vargas Zaragosa
• Assisted by: Zaragosa Vargas (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.1999
• EAN: 9780520219625
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21962-5
• No. of pages: 293
• Series: Latinos in American Society &; Latinos in American Society and Culture; Latin American Studies Center, UCLA
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, Mexico, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Economic history, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, United States of America, USA, Sociology: work & labour, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Sociology: work and labour, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General