Consuming Mexican Labor : From the Bracero Program to NAFTA / Ronald Mize, Alicia Swords.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mize, Ronald, Author.

Swords, Alicia, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers, Mexican--United States.

Foreign workers, Mexican.

Mexicans--Employment--United States.

Mexicans.

Mexicans--United States--Social conditions.

Mexicans--Civil rights--United States.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Mexico--Emigration and immigration.

Mexico.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2011

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Mexican migration to the United States and Canada is a highly contentious issue in the eyes of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of labor as a brand new social problem. The history of Mexican labor migration to the United States, from the Bracero Program (1942-1964) to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), suggests that Mexicans have been actively encouraged to migrate northward when labor markets are in short supply, only to be turned back during economic downturns. In this timely book, Mize and Swords dissect the social relations that define how corporations, consumers, and states involve Mexican immigrant laborers in the politics of production and consumption. The result is a comprehensive and contemporary look at the increasingly important role that Mexican immigrants play in the North American economy."--Pub. desc.

Contents:

Part I: Establishing connections

1. The Bracero Program, 1942-1964

2. Operation wetback, 1954

Part II: Mounting resistance

3. Farmworker Civil Rights Movement / El Movimiento Campesino

4. Organized labor and Mexican Labor Organization

5. Backlash and retrenchment (1980s-1990s)

Part III: Regions

6. Mexican labor in Aztlán

7. Mexican labor in the heartland

8. Mexican labor in the hinterlands

9. Mexican labor en la Frontera

10. Mexican labor in Mexico: the impact of NAFTA from Chiapas to Turismo

11. Mexican labor in Canada: from temporary workers to precarious labor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9781442604094

1442604093

9781442601598

1442601590

OCLC:

863054180