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Of forest and fields : Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest  Cover Image Book Book

Of forest and fields : Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest / Mario Jimenez Sifuentez.

Summary:

"Tells the story of the ethnic Mexicans that toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests who helped turn the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. The book explores the struggle of Braceros, Tejanos, and Mexican immigrants, to contest their exploitation in various ways. The history of their resistance culminated in the creation of one of the most important farm worker's unions in the country, the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noreste (PCUN)"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780813576893
  • ISBN: 9780813576909
  • Physical Description: x, 169 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-156) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Many miles from home : the bracero program in the Pacific Northwest -- Los Tejanos : the Texas-Mexican diaspora in Oregon -- The genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project -- Whip that hoedad in the ground : undocumented workers in the national forests -- "Now I can hold my own with anybody" : IRCA, immigrant organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN) -- Huelga! : PCUN organization of farmworkers in the Willamette Valley.
Subject: PCUN > History.
Migrant agricultural laborers > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Foreign workers, Mexican > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Mexican Americans > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Mexicans > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Immigrants > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Working class > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Agricultural laborers > Labor unions > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Northwest, Pacific > Economic conditions.
Northwest, Pacific > Ethnic relations.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Grant County Library 331.5 Sifuentez (Text) 37845000618921 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Klamath Community College HD1527 .N87 S54 2016 (Text) 3760305373 Main Collection Available -
Lake County Main Library - Lakeview 331.5 SIFUENTEZ (Text) 37620001011768 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Ontario Community Library 331.5 SIFUE (Text) 33330004367654 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Treasure Valley Community College Library 331.5 Si21of (Text) 32220001126917 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

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