Consuming Mexican Labor : : From the Bracero Program to NAFTA /

Consuming Mexican Labor : : From the Bracero Program to NAFTA / / Ronald Mize, Alicia Swords.

Mexican migration to the United States and Canada is a highly contentious issue in the eyes of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of labor as a brand new social problem. The history of Mexican labor migration to the United States, from the Bracero Progra...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Mize, Ronald,
Swords, Alicia,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©2010
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Acronyms
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Bracero Program, 1942-1964
  • 2. Operation Wetback, 1954
  • Introduction
  • 3. Farmworker Civil Rights Movement/El Movimiento Campesino
  • 4. Organized Labor and Mexican Labor Organization
  • 5. Backlash and Retrenchment (1980s-1990s)
  • Introduction
  • 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

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