2nd Edition

Guest Workers or Colonized Labor? Mexican Labor Migration to the United States

256 Pages

by Routledge

239 Pages

by Routledge

256 Pages

by Routledge

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A decade of political infighting over comprehensive immigration reform appears at an end, after the 2012 election motivated the Republican Party to work with the Democratic Party's immigration reform agendas. However, a guest worker program within current reform proposals is generally overlooked by the public and by activist organizations. Also overlooked is significant corporate lobbying that... Read more

Introduction, Gilbert G. Gonzalez; Chapter 1 Constructing Transnational Labor Migration, Gilbert G. Gonzalez; Chapter 2 Imperialism and Labor: Mexican, Indian, and Algerian Labor Migrations in Comparative Perspective, Gilbert G. Gonzalez; Chapter 3 Recruiting, Processing, and Transporting Bracero Labor to the United States, Gilbert G. Gonzalez; Chapter 4 In Defense of Indentured Labor, Gilbert G. Gonzalez; Chapter 5 Economic Power Versus Academic Freedom: The Case of Henry P. Anderson and the University of California, Gilbert G. Gonzalez; Chapter 6 Indentured Labor: A Convention in U.S.-Mexico Relations, Gilbert G. Gonzalez; Chapter 7 The Hispanic Challenge? Or the Imperialist Challenge?, Gilbert G. Gonzalez; Conclusion, Gilbert G. Gonzalez;