Extension of Mexican Farm Labor Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 388
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 120
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Equipment, Supplies, and Manpower
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 382
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
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Published: 1953
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Published: 1953
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Richard B. Craig
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2015-01-02
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1477305866
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Long before “Cesar Chávez” and “Chicano” became commonly known, the word “bracero” had established itself in the language of American politics. The Mexican Farm Labor Program—or bracero program as it came to be known—was from its inception in 1942 a highly controversial issue. At international, national, and subnational levels, it remained the focal point of an intense interest-group struggle. This struggle and its group combatants provide the central concern of this study. In the early 1940’s agribusiness interests had sought to contract Mexican laborers (“braceros”) for work on United States farms. With the entry of the United States into World War II, legislation was passed for contracting braceros on a large scale. What was originally a wartime measure soon became an institution. During twenty-two years, 4.2 million braceros were contracted. The United States, at the insistence of the Mexican government, became a partner in the program, ensuring that the braceros were provided housing, set wages, and other benefits. The program was, however, detrimental to one group in the United States: the native farmworker. Not only was the bracero provided guarantees that the native could not demand, but the bracero also got the native’s job. During the late forties and fifties, organized labor gathered its forces in Congress to oppose the program. Finally, an administration favorable to the native farmworker threw its support behind the native laborer, and through the Department of labor measures were passed that made it less attractive to hire foreign labor. In the end, the anti-bracero forces won out in Congress and defeated extension of the Mexican Farm Labor program. At the same time, the United States government, by setting the working standards for foreign workers, brought about an improvement in the working conditions and wages of native farm laborers. Besides the conflicts between domestic interests, Craig examines the international conflicts and issues involved, as well as the international agreements that were the basis of bracero contracting. He discusses with perception the program’s immediate and long-range effects on Mexico. His study analyzes and clarifies one of the most controversial domestic and international programs of the twentieth century.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
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Published: 1955
Total Pages: 358
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Erasmo Gamboa
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 0295998393
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“Although Mexican migrant workers have toiled in the fields of the Pacific Northwest since the turn of the century, and although they comprise the largest work force in the region’s agriculture today, they have been virtually invisible in the region’s written labor history. Erasmo Gamboa’s study of the bracero program during World War II is an important beginning, describing and documenting the labor history of Mexican and Chicano workers in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and contributing to our knowledge of farm labor.”—Oregon Historical Quarterly
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
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Published: 1963
Total Pages: 360
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