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- From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century
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- 2015
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
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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.
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-10
- Part I. Revolutions
- pp. 11-14
- Part II. Securing the Revolution
- pp. 73-76
- Part III. Challenging the Revolution
- pp. 125-128
- 5. The Politics of Depression
- pp. 129-153
- 6. Organization and Rebellion
- pp. 154-182
- Part IV. The Shadow of the Revolution
- pp. 183-186
- Bibliography
- pp. 283-310
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469625256
Related ISBN(s)
9781469625232, 9781469625249, 9781469645575, 9798890848611
MARC Record
OCLC
921988476
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2015-09-26
Language
English
Open Access
No