Title Proletarians of the North : a history of Mexican industrial workers in Detroit and the Midwest, 1917-1933 / Zaragosa Vargas

Edition [Pbk. ed., 1999] Published Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1999, ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 299 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Series Latinos in American society and culture ; 1 Latinos in American society and culture ; 1. Contents Foreword / Mario T. Garcia -- Introduction: Coming to Work in Detroit -- 1. Mexican Migration to the Midwest -- 2. Mexicans in Working-Class Detroit, 1918-1921 -- 3. Mexicans and Factory Work in the 1920s -- 4. Life in the Mexican Colonies of the Midwest -- 5. Detroit Mexicans in the Great Depression -- Conclusion: Reinterpreting the History of Mexican Industrial Workers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-268) and index Notes Print version record Subject Mexican Americans -- Employment -- Middle West -- History Mexican Americans -- Employment -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Mexican Americans -- Employment Michigan -- Detroit Middle West Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520923331 0520923332 0585249865 9780585249865

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