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

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Label

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

Title remainder

the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century

Statement of responsibility

John Weber

Creator

• Weber, John, 1978-

Subject

• Mexican American agricultural laborers -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
• Mexico -- Emigration and immigration | Economic aspects | History -- 20th century
• Migrant agricultural laborers -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
• Unfair labor practices -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
• United States -- Emigration and immigration | Economic aspects | History -- 20th century
• Foreign workers, Mexican -- Texas -- History -- 20th century

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

• David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history

Cataloging source

DLC

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