Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Voices from the fields Voices from the fields S. Beth Atkin Photographs, poems, and interviews with children reveal the hardships and hopes of Mexican American migrant farm workers and their families. OL16065842W
Mexico and its diaspora in the United States Mexico and its diaspora in the United States Alexandra Delano "In the past two decades, changes in the Mexican government's policies toward the 30 million Mexican migrants living in the United States highlight the importance of the Mexican diaspora in both coun… OL16116574W
Viajes de michoacanos al norte Viajes de michoacanos al norte Alvaro Ochoa "Small volume contains excerpts from travel accounts dating from 1893-1926 by three men from Michoacán: Ramón Sánchez Muñiz, Salvador Sotelo Arévalo, and Isaac Gallegos Cervantes. Important corr… OL18222815W
Defiant braceros Defiant braceros Mireya Loza "In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the history of the Bracero Program (1942-1964), the binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of male … OL20039972W
Tortillas and tomatoes Tortillas and tomatoes Tanya Basok "In Tortillas and Tomatoes Tanya Basok exposes the mechanisms that make Mexican seasonal workers unfree. She shows that workers are unable to refuse employer demands for their labour because of econo… OL3616794W
Coyotes Coyotes Ted Conover Provides an account of the underground railway of Mexican illegals, brutal police, and sinister smugglers. OL4127100W
Small hands, big hands Small hands, big hands Sandra Weiner Seven migrant workers, ranging in age from eleven to sixty-seven, tell what it is like to live in agricultural labor camps. OL6916363W