ISBN:
9781931859356
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (336 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version No One Is Illegal : Fighting Racism and State Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border
DDC:
304.8/73072
Keywords:
Foreign workers, Mexican ; United States ; Social conditions
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Immigrants ; Civil rights ; United States
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Mexican-American Border Region ; Emigration and immigration
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United States ; Emigration and immigration ; Government policy
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
No One Is Illegal debunks the leading ideas behind the often-violent right-wing backlash against immigrants.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: "What Is a Vigilante Man?" White Violence in California History -- Introduction -- Pinkertons, Klansmen, and Vigilantes -- White Savages -- The Yellow Peril -- Swat a Jap -- The Anti-Filipino Riots -- The IWW versus the KKK -- In Dubious Battle -- Thank the Vigilantes -- The Zoot Suit Wars -- Beating the UFW -- The Last Vigilantes? -- Part II: Mexico: Caught in the Web of U.S. Empire -- Introduction -- Conquest Sets the Stage -- Neoliberalism Consumes the "Mexican Miracle -- From the Maquiladoras to NAFTA: Profiting from Borders -- Part III: Mexican Workers: The "Other" American Working Class -- Mexican Workers to the Rescue -- Segregated Workers: Class Struggle in the Fields -- The Bracero Program: A Twentieth-Century Caste System -- Poverty in the Fields: Legacy of the Bracero Program -- Immigrant Workers Continue to Build America -- Part IV: The War on Immigrants -- Immigration Policy as a Means to Control Labor -- The Race and Class Construction of Immigration Restrictions -- Constructing the "Illegal" Mexican Worker: Racism and Mexican Labor -- Immigration Double Standards -- Militarizing the Border: Death Warrant for Migrant Workers -- Inventing an Invisible Enemy: September 11 and the War on Immigrants -- The Bipartisan Segregationists of Labor -- The Right Wing Calls the Shots -- Terrorists on the Border: The Minutemen Stalk Their Prey -- Part V: ¡Queremos un Mundo Sin Fronteras! -- Human Rights Activists Confront the Far Right -- Unions and Immigrant Workers -- Making Borders History -- A New Civil Rights Movement -- Notes -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: ""What Is a Vigilante Man?"" White Violence in California History""; ""Introduction""; ""Pinkertons, Klansmen, and Vigilantes""; ""White Savages""; ""The Yellow Peril""; """"Swat a Jap""""; ""The Anti-Filipino Riots""; ""The IWW versus the KKK""; ""In Dubious Battle""; ""Thank the Vigilantes""; ""The Zoot Suit Wars""; ""Beating the UFW""; ""The Last Vigilantes?""; ""Part II: Mexico: Caught in the Web of U.S. Empire""; ""Introduction""; ""Conquest Sets the Stage""; ""Neoliberalism Consumes the ""Mexican Miracle""""
Description / Table of Contents:
""From the Maquiladoras to NAFTA: Profiting from Borders""""Part III: Mexican Workers: The ""Other"" American Working Class""; ""Mexican Workers to the Rescue""; ""Segregated Workers: Class Struggle in the Fields""; ""The Bracero Program: A Twentieth-Century Caste System""; ""Poverty in the Fields: Legacy of the Bracero Program""; ""Immigrant Workers Continue to Build America""; ""Part IV: The War on Immigrants""; ""Immigration Policy as a Means to Control Labor""; ""The Race and Class Construction of Immigration Restrictions""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Constructing the ""Illegal"" Mexican Worker: Racism and Mexican Labor""""Immigration Double Standards""; ""Militarizing the Border: Death Warrant for Migrant Workers""; ""Inventing an Invisible Enemy: September 11 and the War on Immigrants""; ""The Bipartisan Segregationists of Labor""; ""The Right Wing Calls the Shots""; ""Terrorists on the Border: The Minutemen Stalk Their Prey""; ""Part V: ¡Queremos un Mundo Sin Fronteras!""; ""Human Rights Activists Confront the Far Right""; ""Unions and Immigrant Workers""; ""Making Borders History""; ""A New Civil Rights Movement""; ""Notes""
Description / Table of Contents:
""Index""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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