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Of forest and fields Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest
Title
Of forest and fields [electronic resource] : Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest / Mario Jimenez Sifuentez.
ISBN
9780813576923
081357692X
9780813576909 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9780813576893 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0813576903
Published
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (pages cm)
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Summary
"Of Forest and Fields tells the story of the ethnic Mexicans that toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests who helped turn the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. The book explores the struggle of Braceros, Tejanos, and Mexican immigrants, to contest their exploitation in various ways. The history of their resistance culminated in the creation of one of the most important farm worker's unions in the country, the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noreste (PCUN)"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 05, 2016
Series
Latinidad : transnational cultures in the United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Many miles from home : the bracero program in the Pacific Northwest
Los Tejanos : the Texas-Mexican diaspora in Oregon
The genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project
Whip that hoedad in the ground : undocumented workers in the national forests
"Now I can hold my own with anybody" : IRCA, immigrant organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)
Huelga! : PCUN and organizing farm workers in the Willamette Valley
Epilogue: La lucha sigue.
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