Corridors of Migration
Subtitle: The Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: December 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780816526369
Subjects: Emigration & Immigration; Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; History / Mexico; Economics - General; Business & Economics; Ethnic Issues; Alien labor, Mexican; History; Mexicans; United States; Business/Economics
Description: A comprehensive history reconstructs the migration patterns of Mexican laborers, connecting them to social, economic, and political developments that have shaped the American Southwest, while describing the racism and capitalist exploitation suffered by the laborers as well as the collective forms of resistance and organizing engaged in by the laborers themselves.