Title From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century / John Weber.

Publication Info.	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2015]
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Description	1 online resource.
Series	The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history
	David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Part I: Revolutions -- Part II: Securing the Revolution -- Part III: Challenging the Revolution -- Part IV: The Shadow of the Revolution.
Summary	In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas. In just a decade, this vast region, previously considered too isolated and desolate for large-scale agriculture, became one of the United States' most lucrative farming regions and one of its worst places to work. By encouraging mass migration from Mexico, paying low wages, selectively enforcing immigration restrictions, toppling older political arrangements, and periodically immobilizing the workforce, growers created a system of labor controls unique in its levels of exploitation. Ethnic Mexican residents of South Texas fought back by organizing and by leaving, migrating to destinations around the United States where employers eagerly hired them--and continued to exploit them. In From South Texas to the Nation, John Weber reinterprets the United States' record on human and labor rights. This important book illuminates the way in which South Texas pioneered the low-wage, insecure, migration-dependent labor system on which so many industries continue to depend.
Language	English.
Subject	Foreign workers, Mexican -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
	Migrant agricultural laborers -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
	Mexican American agricultural laborers -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
	Unfair labor practices -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
	Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century.
	Labor & Workers' Economics.
	Business & Economics.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
	Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00908694
	Foreign workers, Mexican. (OCoLC)fst01729163
	Mexican American agricultural laborers. (OCoLC)fst01018925
	Migrant agricultural laborers. (OCoLC)fst01020686
	Unfair labor practices. (OCoLC)fst01161269
	Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
	Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Labor & Workers' Economics.
	Business & Economics.
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Weber, John, 1978- From South Texas to the nation. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2015] 9781469625232 (DLC) 2015006184 (OCoLC)905970057
ISBN	9781469625256 (electronic bk.)
	1469625253 (electronic bk.)
	9781469625249 (electronic bk.)

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