ISBN:
9780520282667
,
9780520958654 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
276 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780520958654
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
Series Statement:
American Crossroads v.40
DDC:
305.86872073
Keywords:
Geschichte 1942-1964
;
Mexikanischer Arbeitnehmer
;
Landarbeiter
;
Familienbeziehung
;
Migration
;
USA
;
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Structured to meet employers' needs for low-wage farm workers, the well-known Bracero Program recruited thousands of Mexicans to perform physical labor in the United States between 1942 and 1964 in exchange for remittances sent back to Mexico. As partners and family members were dispersed across national borders, interpersonal relationships were transformed. The prolonged absences of Mexican workers, mostly men, forced women and children at home to inhabit new roles, create new identities, and cope with long-distance communication from fathers, brothers, and sons.Drawing on an extraordinary ra...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg.:
Permalink