| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
ix, 305 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Mexican American monographs ; no. 13
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Mexican American monographs ; no. 13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- [ch.] 1. Factories and the fields, 1898-1917 -- [ch.] 2. Mexican entry, 1917-1929 -- [ch.] 3. Crisis and resistance, 1929-1938 -- [ch.] 4. A midwestern Grapes of wrath, 1938-1942 -- [ch.] 5. Foreign workers and control, 1942-1950 -- [ch.] 6. Operation Farmlift: bootstrap to the midwest, 1950 -- [ch.] 7. Age of illusions, 1950-1959 -- [ch.] 8. Breaking chains, 1960-1970 -- [ch.] 9. Postscript : meandering stream -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Migrant agricultural laborers -- Lake States -- History.
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Migrant agricultural laborers. |
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Lake States. |
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History. |
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Foreign workers, Mexican -- Lake States -- History.
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Foreign workers, Mexican. |
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Puerto Ricans -- Lake States -- History.
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Puerto Ricans. |
| ISBN |
0292704135 alkaline paper |
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0292704208 paperback alkaline paper |
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