Title From South Texas to the nation : the exploitation of Mexican labor in the twentieth century / John Weber

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) Series The David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history David J. Weber series in the new borderlands history. Contents Part I: Revolutions -- Part II: Securing the Revolution -- Part III: Challenging the Revolution -- Part IV: The Shadow of the Revolution Summary In the early years of the twentieth century, newcomer farmers and migrant Mexicans forged a new world in South Texas. In just a decade, this vast region, previously considered too isolated and desolate for large-scale agriculture, became one of the United States' most lucrative farming regions and one of its worst places to work. By encouraging mass migration from Mexico, paying low wages, selectively enforcing immigration restrictions, toppling older political arrangements, and periodically immobilizing the workforce, growers created a system of labor controls unique in its levels of exploitation. Ethnic Mexican residents of South Texas fought back by organizing and by leaving, migrating to destinations around the United States where employers eagerly hired them--and continued to exploit them. In From South Texas to the Nation, John Weber reinterprets the United States' record on human and labor rights. This important book illuminates the way in which South Texas pioneered the low-wage, insecure, migration-dependent labor system on which so many industries continue to depend Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed July 13, 2020) Subject Foreign workers, Mexican -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Migrant agricultural laborers -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Mexican American agricultural laborers -- Texas -- History -- 20th century Unfair labor practices -- Texas -- History -- 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects. Foreign workers, Mexican. Mexican American agricultural laborers. Migrant agricultural laborers. Unfair labor practices. Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century Mexico. Texas. United States. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469625256 1469625253 9781469625249 1469625245

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