Proletarians of the North
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20th century american history
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agriculture
american history
american labor
american labor history
american society
american working class
Author_Zaragosa Vargas
auto plants
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catholic church
chicano history
chicano studies
detroit
employment
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factory workers
immigration
industrial proletariat
labor
labor relations
labor unions
latinos in american society and culture series
mexican industrial workers
midwest
migrants
migration
packing houses
steel mills
united states of america
Product details
- ISBN 9780520219625
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 02 Mar 1999
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Between the end of World War I and the Great Depression, over 58,000 Mexicans journeyed to the Midwest in search of employment. Many found work in agriculture, but thousands more joined the growing ranks of the industrial proletariat. Throughout the northern Midwest, and especially in Detroit, Mexican workers entered steel mills, packing houses, and auto plants, becoming part of the modern American working class. Zaragosa Vargas's work focuses on this little-known feature in the history of Chicanos and American labor. In relating the experiences of Mexicans in workplace and neighborhood, and in showing the roles of Mexican women, the Catholic Church, and labor unions, Vargas enriches our knowledge of immigrant urban life. His is an important work that will be welcomed by historians of Chicano Studies and American labor.
Zaragosa Vargas is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is the editor of Major Problems in Mexican American History (1999).
