Mexican Labor and World War II

Erasmo Gamboa is associate professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington and author of Mexican Labor and World War II: Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947 (University of Washington Press, 2000). Kevin Leonard is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He was previously professor and chair in the departments of history at Middle Tennessee State University and Western Washington University. He is the author of The Battle for Los Angeles: Racial Ideology and World War II (University of New Mexico Press, 2006).

Foreword by Kevin Allen Leonard

Preface to the 2000 Paperback Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Agribusiness and Mexican Migration

World War II and the Farm Labor Crisis

The Bracero Worker

Huelgas: Bracero Strikes

Bracero Social Life

From braceros to Chicano Farm Migrant Workers

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index