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Defiant braceros : how migrant workers fought for racial, sexual, and political freedom / Mireya Loza.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Loza, Mireya, author.
Contributor:
JSTOR (Online Service)
James Lader Fund.
Series:
David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Seasonal Farm Laborers Program.
Foreign workers, Mexican--United States--History.
Foreign workers, Mexican.
Mexicans--Race identity--United States.
Mexicans.
Foreign workers, Mexican--Political activity--United States--History.
Foreign workers, Mexican--United States--Social conditions--History.
Foreign workers, Mexican--United States--Economic conditions--History.
Economic conditions.
History.
Social conditions.
Political participation.
Mexicans--Race identity.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages).
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
System Details:
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Contents:
Introduction. Making braceros
Interlude. Me modernicé
Yo era indígena: race, modernity, and the transformational politics of transnational labor
Interlude. ¡Yo le digo!
In the camp's shadows: intimate economies in the Bracero Program
Interlude. Documenting
Unionizing the impossible: Alianza de Braceros Nacionales de México en los Estados Unidos
Interlude. Ten percent
La política de la dignidad: creating the Bracero Justice Movement
Interlude. Performing masculinities
Epilogue. Representing memory: braceros in the archive and museum.
Notes:
Title from PDF title page.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Lader Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Loza, Mireya. Defiant braceros.
ISBN:
9781469629780
146962978X
9781469629773
1469629771
Publisher Number:
99985889581
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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