Of forests and fields : Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest /

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"Of Forest and Fields tells the story of the ethnic Mexicans that toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests who helped turn the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. The book explores the struggle of Braceros, Tejanos, and Mexic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sifuentez, Mario Jimenez, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Colección:Latinidad.
Temas:
PCUN > History.
PCUN.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Foreign workers, Mexican > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Mexican Americans > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Mexicans > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Immigrants > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Working class > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions > Northwest, Pacific > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions.
Economic history.
Ethnic relations.
Foreign workers, Mexican.
Immigrants.
Mexican Americans.
Mexicans.
Migrant agricultural laborers.
Working class.
Northwest, Pacific > Economic conditions.
Northwest, Pacific > Ethnic relations.
Pacific Northwest.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Many miles from home : the bracero program in the Pacific Northwest
  • Los Tejanos : the Texas-Mexican diaspora in Oregon
  • The genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project
  • Whip that hoedad in the ground : undocumented workers in the national forests
  • "Now I can hold my own with anybody" : IRCA, immigrant organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)
  • Huelga! : PCUN and organizing farm workers in the Willamette Valley
  • Epilogue: La lucha sigue.

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