From South Texas to the Nation: The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Tw...

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

Item Length: 9.2in

Item Height: 0.8in

Item Width: 6.1in

Author: John Weber

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies, Labor & Industrial Relations, Emigration & Immigration, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Labor, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Labor & Employment

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Publication Year: 2018

Genre: Law, Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science

Item Weight: 1 Oz

Number of Pages: 336 Pages