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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Bracero"”.
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Examining Past, Present, and Future of Agricultural Labor: From the Bracero Program to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
… thesis is a comparative study that examines the Bracero Program and the work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). The Bracero Program brought Mexican workers into the United States on temporary work visas from 1942-1964. The CIW is an organization of Mexican workers that was founded in …
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De Guanajuato to Green Bay: A generational story of labor, place, and community, 1926-2010
… 1926 and 1928, over 25,000 people, many of them braceros (workers), had left the state. The letter continues by urging the governor to take an active role in diminishing the number of migrants leaving Guanajuato, which was suffering under the strain of the large exodus of able-bodied workers. …
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El empalme de fronteras y los procesos de identificación como métodos para la articulación de subjetividades fronterizas
… include the Mexican Revolution in the 20's, the "Bracero" program in the 40's, the emergence of the Chicano movement in the 60's and 70's, and the establishment of the NAFTA in the 90'--; and third, the development of particular bordered subjectivities. The processes of identification, as analyzed …
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The Geometry of Racial Politics: The Role of Policy Entrepreneurs In Fostering Triangulation Among U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups, 1800-1964
… Exclusion Act, and (3) creation of the 1942 Bracero program.</p>
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Depopulation and Education in a Mexican Migrant Town: Schools in Villa Juarez, San Luis Potosi, 1942-2000
… depopulation and school closings since the Bracero Program of 1942, which marked the onset of a pronounced trend of migration to the United States for temporary employment opportunities. The effects of a culture of migration and globalization on education in the municipality and town of …
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The Neoliberal Construction of Immigration as Crisis
<p>Historically, Americans have been concerned with immigration, with a particular emphasis on Mexican immigration arising toward the end of the twentieth century. The purpose of this research is to question the framing of current immigration patterns as crises and argue that they are better …