Known as “The Salad Bowl of the World;†California’s Salinas Valley became an agricultural empire due to the toil of diverse farmworkers; including Latinos. A sweeping critical history of how Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants organized for their rights in the decades leading up to the seminal strikes led by Cesar Chavez; this important work also looks closely at how different groups of Mexicans—U.S. born; bracero; and undocumented—confronted and interacted with one another during this period. An incisive study of labor; migration; race; gender; citizenship; and class; Lori Flores’s first book offers crucial insights for today’s ever-growing U.S. Latino demographic; the farmworker rights movement; and future immigration policy.
#1419663 in Books Saul M Olyan 2017-01-10Original language:English 9.25 x .75 x 6.12l; .0 #File Name: 0300182686208 pagesFriendship in the Hebrew Bible Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
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