Bracero railroaders : the forgotten World War II story of Mexican workers in the U.S. West /

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Desperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments created a now mostly forgotten bracero railroad program that sent a hundred thousand Mexican workers across the border to build and maintain railroad lines throughout the United States, particularl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gamboa, Erasmo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
Edición:1st edition.
Temas:
1900-1999
Foreign workers, Mexican > United States > History > 20th century.
Railroads > United States > Employees > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Manpower > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work > United States.
Railroads > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Mexican American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Economic aspects > United States.
Travailleurs étrangers mexicains > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs des chemins de fer > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Main-d'œuvre > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des civils > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
railroads (infrastructure)
world wars.
migration (function)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Pacific Northwest (OR, Wash.)
Economics
Emigration and immigration > Government policy
Foreign workers, Mexican
Manpower
Military participation > Mexican American
Railroads
Railroads > Employees
War work
United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History > 20th century.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Government policy > History > 20th century.
Railroads > West (U.S.) > History > 20th century.
États-Unis > Émigration et immigration > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mexico
United States
West United States
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Labor and the railroad industry before World War II
  • The Great Depression, deportations, and recovery
  • We will need the Mexicans back
  • Railroad track workers needed; where are the domestic laborers?
  • Bracero railroaders, "soldiers of democracy"
  • Contractual promises to keep
  • The perils of being a bracero
  • The deception further exposed
  • Split families: repercussions at home and away
  • Victory and going home
  • Forgotten railroad soldiers
  • Epilogue.

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