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Bracero railroaders : the forgotten World War II story of Mexican workers in the U.S. West
Record details
- OCLC: ocn965135025
- ISBN: 9780295998312
- ISBN: 0295998318
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations
remote - Published: Seattle :University of Washington Press,[2016]
- Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-230) and index. |
| Contents: | Cover; BRACERO RAILROADERS; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 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 Needed. Where Are the Domestic Laborers? 5. Bracero Railroaders, "Soldiers of Democracy"; 6. Contractual Promises to Keep ; 7. The Perils of Being a Bracero ; 8. The Deception Further Exposed ; 9. Split Families: Repercussions at Home and Away ; 10. Victory and Going Home. 11. Forgotten Railroad Soldiers Epilogue ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; Illustrations. |
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