Curious Unions Mexican American Workers and Resistance in Oxnard, California, 1898-1961 |
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| Author:
| Barajas, Frank P. |
| Series title: | Race and Ethnicity in the American West Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-3791-9 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $71.50 |
Book Description:
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Explores the ways in which the Mexican community forged intriguing partnerships with other ethnic groups within Oxnard in the first half of the twentieth century and the resulting economic exchanges, cultural practices, and labor and community activism. Curious Unions charts how the cultural negotiations that took place in the Oxnard ethnic Mexican community helped shape and empower farm labor organizing.
Explores the ways in which the Mexican community forged intriguing partnerships with other ethnic groups within Oxnard in the first half of the twentieth century and the resulting economic exchanges, cultural practices, and labor and community activism. Curious Unions charts how the cultural negotiations that took place in the Oxnard ethnic Mexican community helped shape and empower farm labor organizing.