The tracks north
the railroad bracero program of World War II
by Barbara A. Driscoll
As part of a bilateral commitment to focus on winning World War II, over 100,000 contracts were signed between 1943 and 1945 to recruit and transport Mexican workers to the United States for employment on the railroads. A little known companion to the widely criticized agricultural bracero program, the railroad bracero program corresponded in its implementation more closely to the original intent of both governments than did its agricultural counterpart.
In spite of pressure from the railroad industry to continue the program indefinitely, the U.S. government was adamant about terminating it on schedule, and returning the workers to Mexico. The Tracks North is the only book-length study devoted to the railroad bracero program, and the only one to provide such a clear picture of the internal workings of the program in Mexico.
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Government policy, Employees, Railroads, Alien labor, Mexican, World War, 1939-1945, Mexican Alien labor, Emigration and immigration, Economic aspects of World War, 1939-1945, Economic aspects, History, Railroad workers, Mexican Foreign workers, Migrant labor, United states, emigration and immigration, Foreign workers, mexican, Railroad construction workers, Ouvriers de la construction des chemins de fer, Histoire, Travailleurs des chemins de fer, Travailleurs étrangers mexicains, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Aspect économique, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Labor, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Labor & Industrial Relations, EconomicsPlaces
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The tracks north: the railroad bracero program of World War II
1999, CMAS Books, Center for Mexican American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Press
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Tracks North: The Railroad Bracero Program of World War Ii
1998, University of Texas Press
in English
0585231435 9780585231433
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-215) and index.
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