From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century

by John Weber

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469645572
• ISBN13: 9781469645575
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 9.5"