Of forest and fields : Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest Cover Image

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Of forest and fields : Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest / Mario Jimenez Sifuentez.

Sifuentez, Mario Jimenez, 1979- (Author).

Summary:

"Tells the story of the ethnic Mexicans that toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests who helped turn the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. The book explores the struggle of Braceros, Tejanos, and Mexican immigrants, to contest their exploitation in various ways. The history of their resistance culminated in the creation of one of the most important farm worker's unions in the country, the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noreste (PCUN)"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780813576893
ISBN: 9780813576909
Physical Description: x, 169 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-156) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Many miles from home : the bracero program in the Pacific Northwest -- Los Tejanos : the Texas-Mexican diaspora in Oregon -- The genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project -- Whip that hoedad in the ground : undocumented workers in the national forests -- "Now I can hold my own with anybody" : IRCA, immigrant organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN) -- Huelga! : PCUN organization of farmworkers in the Willamette Valley.