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Offers convincing evidence that Mexico aimed at developing a loyal and politically dependent emigrant community among Mexican Americans

Table of Contents

• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The 1910 Mexican Revolution, the United States, and MÉxico de afuera
• Chapter 2. Organizing MÉxico de afuera in Southern California
• Chapter 3. The Los Angeles County Strike of 1933
• Chapter 4. The San Joaquin Valley Strike of 1933
• Chapter 5. The Imperial Valley Strikes of 1933-1934
• Chapter 6. Denouement and Renaissance
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

About the Author

Gilbert G. González is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences and Director of the Focused Research Program in Labor Studies at the University of California, Irvine.

Reviews

"This is the most comprehensive extant study in a growing literature on the role of the Mexican consulate in the United States." Dennis Nodin Valdes, author of Al Norte: Agricultural Workers in the Great Lakes Region, 1917-1970