Mexican Labor & World War II

Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947

Author: Erasmo Gamboa
ISBN: 029597849X

A study of the bracero program during World War II. It describes the labor history of Mexican and Chicano workers in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It analyses the ways in which Braceros were active agents of their own lives. It also describes the living and working conditions in migrant farm camps.

Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publish Date: 2000

Subjects: History / Latin America / General, History / United States / State & Local / General, History / United States / 20th Century, Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall B), Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall B)