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Merchants of labor : the Mexican bracero story : an account of the managed migration of Mexican farm workers in California 1942-1960 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Galarza, Ernesto, 1905-1984
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], ©1964
Subjects:	Migrant agricultural laborers > California. Foreign workers, Mexican > California. Foreign workers, Mexican > Government policy > United States. Travailleurs agricoles migrants > Californie. Travailleurs étrangers mexicains > Californie. Travailleurs étrangers mexicains > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis. Foreign workers, Mexican. Foreign workers, Mexican > Government policy. Migrant agricultural laborers. California. United States.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Backgrounds, 1880-1942: Mexico-Folks with Plenty of Nothing
Backgrounds, 1880-1942: California, the Uncommonwealth
Backgrounds, 1880-1942: Migration by Drift
Backgrounds, 1880-1942: The Pooling of Labor
Backgrounds, 1880-1942: The Manpower Crisis of World War II
From Drift to Administered Migration: The Braceros, 1942-1951
From Drift to Administered Migration: Wetback Obbligato, 1948-1954
Administered Migration: The Braceros, 1951-1960
Administered Migration: How the Braceros Were Used
Administered Migration: Agribusiness Comes of Age
The Structure of Control: Consultation, Negotiation and Contracting
The Structure of Control: The Creation of Labor Shortages
The Structure of Control: The Prevailing Wage-Fact and Fiction
The Structure of Control: Administered Wages
The Structure of Control: Domination-Jobs and Procedures
The Structure of Control: The Manipulation of Bracero Pools
Adverse Effects: The Braceros and Their Discontents
Adverse Effects: Defeat of the Domestics
Adverse Effects: The Failure of Countervailance
Adverse Effects: The Public Image of Public Law 78
Perspective: Alternatives to the Bracero
Perspective: Administered Migration-An Estimate
Bibliography
Notes
Index.