Defiant Braceros: How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom

by Mireya Loza

Book Overview

In this book, Mireya Loza sheds new light on the private lives of migrant men who participated in the Bracero Program (1942-1964), a binational agreement between the United States and Mexico that allowed hundreds of thousands of Mexican workers to enter this country on temporary work permits. While this program and the issue of temporary workers has long been politicized on both sides of the border, Loza argues that the prevailing romanticized image...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469629763
• ISBN13: 9781469629766
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"