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Author:

Bacon, David, 1948-

Title:

The children of NAFTA : labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border / David Bacon.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

348 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Canada--Treaties, etc.--1992 Oct. 7.
Alien labor, Mexican--United States.
Mexican Americans--Employment.
Migrant labor--Mexican-American Border Region
Quality of work life--Mexican-American Border Region.
Labor movement--Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Grapes and green onions -- Putting solidarity on the table -- Tijuana's Maquiladora workers -- Han Young -- Build a house, go to jail -- The strategic alliance -- Duro means hard -- Mexico's wars over privatization -- Transplanted expectations -- The world of the border has changed.

ISBN:

9780520237780 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520237781 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52757356

LCCN:

2003015900

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)