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1 online resource (1 volume) : map |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: Contextualizing Mexican Labor and Arizona's National Importance; Introduction: Arizona's Six Cs and Mexicana/o Labor; 1. Lost Land and México Lindo: Origins of Mexicans in Arizona's Salt River Valley, 1865-1910 / Jaime R. Águila and F. Arturo Rosales; 2. The Mobilization and Immobilization of "Legally Imported Aliens": Cotton in the Salt River Valley, 1917-1921 / Gloria H. Cuádraz; 3. "Get Us Our Privilege of Bringing in Mexican Labor": Recruitment and Desire for Mexican Labor in Arizona, 1917-2017 / Luis F.B. Plascencia |
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PHOTO ESSAY4. Mexicano Miners, Dual Wage, and the Pursuit of Wage Equality in Miami, Arizona / Christine Marin and Luis F . B. Plascencia; 5. Mexican American Women Workers in Mid-Twentieth-Century Phoenix / Jean Reynolds; 6. The Morenci Miners Women's Auxiliary during the Great Arizona Copper Strike, 1983-1986 / Anna Ochoa O'Leary; 7. Constructing Arizona: The Lives and Labor of Mexicans in the Valley of the Sun / Cristina Gallardo-Sanidad; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; References; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
"An insightful examination of how Mexican labor has built Arizona, this book focuses on workers' lives and experiences"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Foreign workers, Mexican -- Arizona -- History
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Foreign workers, Mexican -- Arizona -- Economic conditions
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Foreign workers, Mexican -- Arizona -- Social conditions
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HISTORY -- General.
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Foreign workers, Mexican.
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Foreign workers, Mexican -- Economic conditions.
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Foreign workers, Mexican -- Social conditions.
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Arizona.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cuádraz, Gloria, editor
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Plascencia, Luis F. B., editor
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| ISBN |
9780816539048 |
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0816539049 |
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