Waubonsee Community College

Consuming Mexican labor, from the Bracero Program to NAFTA, Ronald L. Mize and Alicia C.S. Swords

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-272) and index

index present

non fiction

Consuming Mexican labor

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Ronald L. Mize and Alicia C.S. Swords

from the Bracero Program to NAFTA

"Mexican migration to the United States and Canada is a highly contentious issue in the eyes of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of labor as a brand new social problem. The history of Mexican labor migration to the United States, from the Bracero Program (1942-1964) to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), suggests that Mexicans have been actively encouraged to migrate northward when labor markets are in short supply, only to be turned back during economic downturns. In this timely book, Mize and Swords dissect the social relations that define how corporations, consumers, and states involve Mexican immigrant laborers in the politics of production and consumption. The result is a comprehensive and contemporary look at the increasingly important role that Mexican immigrants play in the North American economy."--Page 4 of cover

pt. I. Establishing connections. The Bracero Program, 1942-1964 -- Operation wetback, 1954 -- pt II. Mounting resistance. Farmworker civil rights movement / El Movimiento Campesino -- Organized labor and Mexican Labor Organization -- Backlash and retrenchment (1980s-1990s) -- pt. III. Regions. Mexican labor in Aztlán -- Mexican labor in the heartland -- Mexican labor in the hinterlands -- Mexican labor en la Frontera -- Mexican labor in Mexico : the impact of NAFTA from Chiapas to Turismo -- Mexican labor in Canada : from temporary workers to precarious labor