Traqueros : Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States, 1870-1930 /

Perhaps no other industrial technology changed the course of Mexican history in the United States--and Mexico--than did the coming of the railroads. Tens of thousands of Mexicans worked for the railroads in the United States, especially in the Southwest and Midwest. Extensive Mexican American settle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Garcilazo, Jeffrey Marcos, 1956-2001
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Railroad construction workers.
Foreign workers, Mexican.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Ouvriers de la construction des chemins de fer > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Travailleurs etrangers mexicains > États-Unis (Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Railroad construction workers > Southwestern States > History.
Foreign workers, Mexican > Southwestern States > History.
United States > Southwestern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Railroads and the socioeconomic development of the Southwest
  • Labor recruitment
  • Work experiences
  • Labor struggles
  • Boxcar communities
  • Traquero culture
  • Conclusion.

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