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
Autor principal: Sifuentez, Mario Jimenez, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
PCUN.
PCUN > History.
Working class.
Migrant agricultural laborers.
Mexicans.
Mexican Americans.
Immigrants.
Foreign workers, Mexican.
Ethnic relations.
Economic history.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Working class > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Immigrants > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Mexicans > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Mexican Americans > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Foreign workers, Mexican > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Pacific Northwest.
Northwest, Pacific > Ethnic relations.
Northwest, Pacific > Economic conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
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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