Guest Workers or Colonized Labor?: Mexican Labor Migration to the United States

Name: Guest Workers or Colonized Labor?: Mexican Labor Migration to the United States
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ISBN: 9781612054483

ISBN-10: 161205448X

ISBN-13: 9781612054483

Edition: 2013

Authors: Gilbert Gonzalez

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A decade of political infighting over comprehensive immigration reform appears at an end, after the 2012 election motivated the Republican Party to work with the Democratic Party's immigration reform agendas. However, a guest worker program within current reform proposals is generally overlooked by the public and by activist organizations. Also overlooked is significant corporate lobbying that affects legislation. This updated edition critically examines the new guest worker program included in the White House and Congressional bipartisan committee's immigration reform blueprints and puts the debate into historical and contemporary contexts. It describes how the influential U.S. Chamber of…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Paradigm Pub
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Constructing Transnational Labor Migration



Imperialism and Labor: Mexican, Indian, and Algerian Labor Migrations in Comparative Perspective



Recruiting, Processing, and Transporting Bracero Labor to the United States



In Defense of Indentured Labor



Economic Power Versus Academic Freedom: The Case of Henry P. Anderson and the University of California



Indentured Labor: A Convention in U.S.-Mexico Relations



The Hispanic Challenge? Or the Imperialist Challenge?


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index


About the Author