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The Resource From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century, John Weber

From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century, John Weber

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From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century
Title
From South Texas to the nation
Title remainder
the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century
Statement of responsibility
John Weber
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas. In just a decade, this vast region, previously considered too isolated and desolate for large-scale agriculture, became one of the United States' most lucrative farming regions and one of its worst places to work. By encouraging mass migration from Mexico, paying low wages, selectively enforcing immigration restrictions, toppling older political arrangements, and periodically immobilizing the workforce, growers created a system of labor controls unique in its levels of exploitation. Ethnic Mexican residents of South Texas fought back by organizing and by leaving, migrating to destinations around the United States where employers eagerly hired them--and continued to exploit them. In From South Texas to the Nation, John Weber reinterprets the United States' record on human and labor rights. This important book illuminates the way in which South Texas pioneered the low-wage, insecure, migration-dependent labor system on which so many industries continue to depend"--Jacket
Member of
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1978-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Weber, John
Dewey number
331.5/4408968073
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
HD8081.M6
LC item number
W43 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Foreign workers, Mexican
  • Migrant agricultural laborers
  • Mexican American agricultural laborers
  • Unfair labor practices
  • Mexico
  • United States
  • Mexico
Label
From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century, John Weber
Instantiates
Publication
Bar code
  • 31223125635293
  • 31223125635285
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. Revolutions -- part II. Securing the revolution -- part III. Challenging the revolution -- part IV. The shadow of the revolution
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xii, 320 pages
Isbn
9781469625232
Lccn
2015006184
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)905970057
Label
From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century, John Weber
Publication
Bar code
  • 31223125635293
  • 31223125635285
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. Revolutions -- part II. Securing the revolution -- part III. Challenging the revolution -- part IV. The shadow of the revolution
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xii, 320 pages
Isbn
9781469625232
Lccn
2015006184
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)905970057

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