Ronald Mize, Alicia Swords

Consuming Mexican Labor

From the Bracero Program to NAFTA

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The authors offer a comprehensive and contemporary look at the increasingly important role that Mexican immigrants play in the North American economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781442601574
• ISBN-10: 1442601574
• Artikelnr.: 29942078

Autorenporträt

By Ronald L. Mize and Alicia C.S. Swords

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Acronyms
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Establishing Connections
1. The Bracero Program, 1942-1964
2. Operation Wetback, 1954
Part II: Mounting Resistance
3. Farmworker Civil Rights Movement / El Movimiento Campesino
4. Organized Labor and Mexican Labor Organization
5. Backlash and Retrenchment (1980s-1990s)
Part III: Regions
6. Mexican Labor in Aztlán
7. Mexican Labor in the Heartland
8. Mexican Labor in the Hinterlands
9. Mexican Labor en la Frontera
10. Mexican Labor in Mexico: The Impact of NAFTA from Chiapas to Turismo
11. Mexican Labor in Canada: From Temporary Workers to Precarious Labor
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index