Author: Vargas, Zaragosa.
Title: Proletarians of the North : A History of Mexican Industrial Workers in Detroit and the Midwest, 1917-1933.
Description: Berkeley :University of California Press, 1993. Hardcover. Dustjacket.rback. 293 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Between the end of World War I and the Great Depression, over 58,000 Mexicans journeyed to the Midwest in search of employment. Many found work in agriculture, but thousands more joined the growing ranks of the industrial proletariat. Throughout the northern Midwest, and especially in Detroit, Mexican workers entered steel mills, packing houses, and auto plants, becoming part of the modern American working class. ISBN 9780520071568.

Keywords: SOCIOLOGY, Mexican Americans