Title:
Bracero railroaders : the forgotten World War II story of Mexican workers in the U.S. West / Erasmo Gamboa.
Author:
Gamboa, Erasmo, author.
Publication Information:
Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2016]
Call Number:
HD8039.R12 U634 2016
ISBN:
9780295998329
Physical Description:
xi, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents:
Labor and the railroad industry before World War II -- The Great Depression, deportations, and recovery -- We will need the Mexicans back -- Railroad track workers needed; where are the domestic laborers? -- Bracero railroaders, "soldiers of democracy" -- Contractual promises to keep -- The perils of being a bracero -- The deception further exposed -- Split families: repercussions at home and away -- Victory and going home -- Forgotten railroad soldiers -- Epilogue.
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