Breaks in the Chain: What Immigrant Workers Can Teach America about Democracy

Contents

Acknowledgments ix List of Acronyms xi Introduction: Immigration, Power, and Politics in America Today xiii 1. Political Narratives, Common Sense, and Theories of Hegemony 1 2. Hegemony in Hindsight: Immigrant Workers’ Stories of Power in Mexico 33 3. Stories of Fate and Agency in the Zone of Illegality 65 4. Labor, Injury, and Self-Preservation in the Slaughterhouse 111 5. ¡Nosotros Somos la Unión! Immigrant Worker Organizing and the Disciplines of the Law 161 Conclusion: Immigrant Workers and Counterhegemony 211 Appendix: Interview Methods 235 Notes 239 Bibliography 271 Index 283 Contents This page intentionally left blank ...