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Автор: Gamboa, Erasmo
Название: Bracero railroaders
ISBN: 9780295744278
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

Социальная история и история культуры

Этнические исследования

Исследования латиноамериканских этнических групп

Поезда и железные дороги: общезначимые вопросы

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ISBN-10: 0295744278
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 248
Вес: 0.33 кг.
Дата издания: 19.09.2018
Серия: Bracero railroaders
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 13 b&w illus., 1 table
Размер: 142 x 221 x 21
Ключевые слова: History of the Americas,Social & cultural history,Hispanic & Latino studies,Trains & railways: general interest,Local history, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA),SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies,TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
Подзаголовок: The forgotten world war ii story of mexican workers in the u.s. west
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Поставляется из: Англии
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Desperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments created a now mostly forgotten bracero railroad program that sent a hundred thousand Mexican workers across the border to build and maintain railroad lines throughout the United States, particularly the West. Although both governments promised the workers adequate living arrangements and fair working conditions, most bracero railroaders lived in squalor, worked dangerous jobs, and were subject to harsh racial discrimination.

Making matters worse, the governments held a percentage of the workers’ earnings in a savings and retirement program that supposedly would await the men on their return to Mexico. However, rampant corruption within both the railroad companies and the Mexican banks meant that most workers were unable to collect what was rightfully theirs.

Historian Erasmo Gamboa recounts the difficult conditions, systemic racism, and decades-long quest for justice these men faced. The result is a pathbreaking examination that deepens our understanding of Mexican American, immigration, and labor histories in the twentieth-century U.S. West.

Дополнительное описание:

Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

1. Labor and the Railroad Industry before World War II
2. The Great Depression, Deportations, and Recovery
3. We Will Need the Mexicans Back
4. Railroad Track Workers Need

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