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Traqueros: Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States, 1870-1930 (Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series)
Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo
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Description for Traqueros: Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States, 1870-1930 (Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series)
Paperback. Series: Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Perhaps no other industrial technology changed thecourse of Mexican history in the United States andMexico as much as the arrival of the railroads. Tensof thousands of Mexicans worked for the railroadsin the United States, especially in the Southwest andMidwest. Extensive Mexican American settlementsappeared throughout the lower and upper Midwestas the result of the railroad. Jeffrey Marcos Garcílazoprovides the first and only comprehensive history ofMexican railroad workers across the United States.
“Traqueros is the first large-scale investigation ofthe substance and breadth of traqueros’ experiencesat work and in their ‘boxcar’ communities. . . .[Garcilazo’s] years of dedicated research haveyielded an intimate ... Read more
Perhaps no other industrial technology changed thecourse of Mexican history in the United States andMexico as much as the arrival of the railroads. Tensof thousands of Mexicans worked for the railroadsin the United States, especially in the Southwest andMidwest. Extensive Mexican American settlementsappeared throughout the lower and upper Midwestas the result of the railroad. Jeffrey Marcos Garcílazoprovides the first and only comprehensive history ofMexican railroad workers across the United States.
“Traqueros is the first large-scale investigation ofthe substance and breadth of traqueros’ experiencesat work and in their ‘boxcar’ communities. . . .[Garcilazo’s] years of dedicated research haveyielded an intimate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Condition
New
Series
Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Denton, United States
ISBN
9781574416275
SKU
V9781574416275
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About Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo
Jeffrey Marcos GarcÍlazo received hisdoctorate from the University of California at SantaBarbara and was assistant professor at the University ofCalifornia, Irvine, USA before his untimely death in 2001. Vicki L. Ruiz is professor of history and Chicano/Latino studies at the University of California, Irvine, USA.
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