Bracero railroaders : the forgotten World War II story of Mexican workers in the U.S. West / Erasmo Gamboa.
2016
HD8039.R12 U634 2016
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Bracero railroaders : the forgotten World War II story of Mexican workers in the U.S. West / Erasmo Gamboa.
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9780295998312 (electronic bk.)
0295998318 (electronic bk.)
9780295998329
0295998326
0295998318 (electronic bk.)
9780295998329
0295998326
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Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations.
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HD8039.R12 U634 2016
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331.6/27207809044
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Table of Contents
Labor and the railroad industry before World War II
The Great Depression, deportations, and recovery
We will need the Mexicans back
Railroad track workers needed; where are the domestic laborers?
Bracero railroaders, "soldiers of democracy"
Contractual promises to keep
The perils of being a bracero
The deception further exposed
Split families: repercussions at home and away
Victory and going home
Forgotten railroad soldiers
Epilogue.
The Great Depression, deportations, and recovery
We will need the Mexicans back
Railroad track workers needed; where are the domestic laborers?
Bracero railroaders, "soldiers of democracy"
Contractual promises to keep
The perils of being a bracero
The deception further exposed
Split families: repercussions at home and away
Victory and going home
Forgotten railroad soldiers
Epilogue.