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North for the Harvest
Throughout most of the twentieth century, thousands of Mexicans traveled north to work the sugar beet fields of the Red River Valley. North for the Harvest examines the evolving relationships between Amercian Crystal Sugar Company, the sugar beet growers, and the migrant workers. Though popular convention holds that migrant workers were invariably exploited, Norris reveals that these relationships were more complex. The company often clashed with growers, sometimes while advocating for workers. And many growers developed personal ties with their workers, while workers themselves often found ways to leverage better pay and working conditions from the company. Ultimately, the lot of workers improved as the years went by. As one worker explained, something historic occurred for his family while working in the Red River Valley: "We broke the chain there."
Mrs. Paddy's Political Parodies
Mrs. Paddy's Political ParodiesA Tea Party Songbook for the New Revolutionis a biting andsometimes irreverent look at politics in America, all set to familiar tunes. Mrs. Paddy swipes at our politicians and culture, using satire and humorwhile throwingpolitical correctness out the window. Personalities from Obama to McCain are lampooned-nor do hot buttons like Global Warming, Immigrationor Tax and Spend policies escapeA Paddy Whack. In today's political climate, sometimes humor is the best stress-relief. If you feel like crying today; find your smile with Mrs. Paddy tonight.The author continues to pen new parodies at her blog at http://www.mrspaddytoo.blogspot.com
Man of the People
Recounts the rise of John McCain, the former POW and Vietnam War hero who became a Republican senator and the nation's most passionate spokesperson for campaign finance reform.
Between Two Worlds
Although immigrants enter the United States from virtually every nation, Mexico has long been identified in the public imagination as one of the primary sources of the economic, social, and political problems associated with mass migration. Between Two Worlds explores the controversial issues surrounding the influx of Mexicans to America. The eleven essays in this anthology provide an overview of some of the most important interpretations of the historical and contemporary dimensions of the Mexican diaspora.
John McCain
One of the longest serving United States Senators, John McCain has represented the state of Arizona since 1987. McCain also served as a Navy bomber pilot during the Vietnam War, during which he was shot down and spent nearly six years in captivity in North Vietnam. This fascinating volume provides a balanced biography of John McCain. ?Readers will learn about his childhood, his decision to serve in the Navy, his experiences during the Vietnam War, and ?his new life as a civilian and politician.
Consuming Mexican Labor
Mexican migration to the United States and Canada is a highly contentious issue in the eyes of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of labor as a brand new social problem. The history of Mexican labor migration to the United States, from the Bracero Program (1942-1964) to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), suggests that Mexicans have been actively encouraged to migrate northward when labor markets are in short supply, only to be turned back during economic downturns. In this timely book, Mize and Swords dissect the social relations that define how corporations, consumers, and states involve Mexican immigrant laborers in the politics of production and consumption. The result is a comprehensive and contemporary look at the increasingly important role that Mexican immigrants play in the North American economy.
Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing
Chicano history, from the early decades of the twentieth century up to the present, cannot be explained without reference to the determined interventions of the Mexican government, asserts Gilbert G. González. In this pathfinding study, he offers convincing evidence that Mexico aimed at nothing less than developing a loyal and politically dependent emigrant community among Mexican Americans, which would serve and replicate Mexico's political and economic subordination to the United States. González centers his study around four major agricultural workers' strikes in Depression-era California. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, he documents how Mexican consuls worked with U.S. growers to break the strikes, undermining militants within union ranks and, in one case, successfully setting up a grower-approved union. Moreover, González demonstrates that the Mexican government's intervention in the Chicano community did not end after the New Deal; rather, it continued as the Bracero Program of the 1940s and 1950s, as a patron of Chicano civil rights causes in the 1960s and 1970s, and as a prominent voice in the debates over NAFTA in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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