Of Forests and Fields : : Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest /

Of Forests and Fields : : Mexican Labor in the Pacific Northwest / / Mario Jimenez Sifuentez.

2016 Choice Oustanding Academic Title Just looking at the Pacific Northwest's many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejan...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter RUP eBook-Package 2016
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Sifuentez, Mario Jimenez,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the
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Physical Description:1 online resource (186 p.) :; 11 photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Many Miles From Home: Th E Bracero Program In The Pacific Northwest
  • 2. Los Tejanos: The Texas-Mexican Diaspora In Oregon
  • 3. The Genesis Of The Willamette Valley Immigration Project
  • 4. Whip Th At Hoedad In The Ground: Undocumented Workers In The National Forest
  • 5. "Now I Can Hold My Own With Anybody": IRCA, Immigrant Organizing, And The Pineros Y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)
  • 6. Huelga!: PCUN Organization Of Farmworkers In The Willamette Valley
  • Epilogue: La Lucha Sigue
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About The Author

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