| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 243 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "The urgent need to regulate departures" : the federal-level administration of the Bracero Program -- "According to the jurisdiction's necessities" : the state-level administration of the Bracero Program -- "Longstanding political and religious differences" : political-religious conflicts and bracero migration in the Greater Bajío -- "Lack of work and lands to sow" : the agrarian reform and bracero migration in the Greater Bajío -- A "mockery of responsibility" : the municipal-level administration of the Bracero Program -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Abandoning Their Beloved Land offers an essential new history of the Bracero Program, a bilateral initiative that allowed Mexican men to work in the United States as seasonal contract farmworkers from 1942 to 1964. Using national and local archives in Mexico, historian Alberto García uncovers previously unexamined political factors that shaped the direction of the program, including how officials administered the bracero selection process and what motivated campesinos from central states to migrate. Notably, García's book reveals how and why the federal government's delegation of Bracero Program-related responsibilities, the powerful influence of conservative Catholic opposition groups in central Mexico, and the failures of the revolutionary agrarian reform all profoundly influenced the program's administration and individual decisions to migrate as braceros"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 19, 2023) |
| Subject |
Seasonal Farm Laborers Program.
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| SUBJECT |
Seasonal Farm Laborers Program. fast (OCoLC)fst00785521 |
| Subject |
Agricultural laborers -- Political aspects -- Mexico -- 20th century
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Agricultural laborers -- Mexico -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY / Latin America / General
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Agricultural laborers.
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Mexico.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022024993 |
| ISBN |
0520390245 |
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9780520390249 |
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