Mexican labor & World War II : braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947 /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gamboa, Erasmo (Autor)
Otros Autores: Leonard, Kevin Allen, 1964- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2000]
Colección:Columbia Northwest classics.
Temas:
1900-1999
Migrant agricultural laborers > Northwest, Pacific > History > 20th century.
Foreign workers, Mexican > Northwest, Pacific > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Manpower > Northwest, Pacific.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Foreign workers, Mexican.
Manpower.
Migrant agricultural laborers.
Pacific Northwest.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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."--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 178 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-171) and index.
ISBN:9780295998398
0295998393

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