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Bracero Railroaders

- The Forgotten World War II Story of Mexican Workers in the U.S. West
Af: Erasmo Gamboa Engelsk Paperback

Bracero Railroaders

- The Forgotten World War II Story of Mexican Workers in the U.S. West
Af: Erasmo Gamboa Engelsk Paperback
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Desperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments created a now mostly forgotten bracero railroad program that sent a hundred thousand Mexican workers across the border to build and maintain railroad lines throughout the United States, particularly the West. Although both governments promised the workers adequate living arrangements and fair working conditions, most bracero railroaders lived in squalor, worked dangerous jobs, and were subject to harsh racial discrimination.

Making matters worse, the governments held a percentage of the workers’ earnings in a savings and retirement program that supposedly would await the men on their return to Mexico. However, rampant corruption within both the railroad companies and the Mexican banks meant that most workers were unable to collect what was rightfully theirs.

Historian Erasmo Gamboa recounts the difficult conditions, systemic racism, and decades-long quest for justice these men faced. The result is a pathbreaking examination that deepens our understanding of Mexican American, immigration, and labor histories in the twentieth-century U.S. West.

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Desperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments created a now mostly forgotten bracero railroad program that sent a hundred thousand Mexican workers across the border to build and maintain railroad lines throughout the United States, particularly the West. Although both governments promised the workers adequate living arrangements and fair working conditions, most bracero railroaders lived in squalor, worked dangerous jobs, and were subject to harsh racial discrimination.

Making matters worse, the governments held a percentage of the workers’ earnings in a savings and retirement program that supposedly would await the men on their return to Mexico. However, rampant corruption within both the railroad companies and the Mexican banks meant that most workers were unable to collect what was rightfully theirs.

Historian Erasmo Gamboa recounts the difficult conditions, systemic racism, and decades-long quest for justice these men faced. The result is a pathbreaking examination that deepens our understanding of Mexican American, immigration, and labor histories in the twentieth-century U.S. West.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 248
ISBN-13: 9780295744278
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0295744278
Kategori: US Pacific Northwest
Udg. Dato: 5 okt 2018
Længde: 21mm
Bredde: 221mm
Højde: 142mm
Forlag: University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato: 5 okt 2018
Forfatter(e): Erasmo Gamboa
Forfatter(e) Erasmo Gamboa

Kategori US Pacific Northwest

ISBN-13 9780295744278

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 248

Udgave

Længde 21mm

Bredde 221mm

Højde 142mm

Udg. Dato 5 okt 2018

Oplagsdato 5 okt 2018

Forlag University of Washington Press