From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century

From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century /

In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas. In just a decade, this vast region, previously considered too isolated and desolate for large-scale agriculture, became one of the United States' most lucrative farming regions...

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Main Author: Weber, John, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015
Series:David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Mexican > Texas > History > 20th century.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Texas > History > 20th century.
Mexican American agricultural laborers > Texas > History > 20th century.
Unfair labor practices > Texas > History > 20th century.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
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