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Defiant Braceros
Mireya Loza
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Description for Defiant Braceros
Paperback. Series: The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 3JJP; JFFN; JPVH1; JPW; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 396.
In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrantmen who participated in the Bracero Program (1942–1964), a binationalagreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundredsof thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary workpermits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has longbeen politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailingromanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforcehas obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves.Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers’ lives—such as their transnationalunion-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero ... Read more
In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrantmen who participated in the Bracero Program (1942–1964), a binationalagreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundredsof thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary workpermits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has longbeen politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailingromanticized image of braceros as a family-oriented, productive, legal workforcehas obscured the real, diverse experiences of the workers themselves.Focusing on underexplored aspects of workers’ lives—such as their transnationalunion-organizing efforts, the sexual economies of both hetero ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
The David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469629766
SKU
V9781469629766
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About Mireya Loza
Mireya Loza is assistant professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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