Mexican Labor and World War II - Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947

"Although Mexican migrant workers have toiled in the fields of the Pacific Northwest since the turn of the century, and although they comprise the largest work force in the region's agriculature today, they have been virtually invisible in the region's written labor history. [The author's] study of the bracero program during World War II is an important beginning, describing and documenting the labor history of Mexican and Chicano workers in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and contributing to our knowledge of farm labor"--

List of contents

Foreword by Kevin Allen Leonard

Preface to the 2000 Paperback Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Agribusiness and Mexican Migration

World War II and the Farm Labor Crisis

The Bracero Worker

Huelgas: Bracero Strikes

Bracero Social Life

From braceros to Chicano Farm Migrant Workers

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Erasmo Gamboa is associate professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington and author of Mexican Labor and World War II: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947 (University of Washington Press, 2000).

Summary

A study of the bracero program during World War II. It describes the labor history of Mexican and Chicano workers in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It analyses the ways in which Braceros were active agents of their own lives. It also describes the living and working conditions in migrant farm camps.

Product details

• Authors: Erasmo Gamboa, Kevin Leonard
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2000
• EAN: 9780295978499
• ISBN: 978-0-295-97849-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 233 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Columbia Classics (Paperback); Columbia Northwest Classics; Columbia Classics (Paperback)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)