Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement
(Part of the The Lamar Series in Western History Series)
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Known as "The Salad Bowl of the World," California's Salinas Valley became an agricultural empire due to the toil of diverse farmworkers, including Latinos. A sweeping critical history of how Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants organized for their rights in the decades leading up to the seminal strikes led by Cesar Chavez, this important work also looks closely at how different groups of Mexicans--U.S. born, bracero, and undocumented--confronted...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0300240147
ISBN13:9780300240146
Release Date:May 2018
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"
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