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From the Mines to the Streets
A Bolivian Activist's Life
By Benjamin Kohl and Linda C. Farthing, with Félix Muruchi
with Félix Muruchi
An extraordinary portrait of Bolivia's turbulent rise from military rule during the last half century, told through the eyes of a miner, union activist, and political prisoner.
By Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Walter Fogel, and Fred H. Schmidt
This engrossing book probes the motives and actions of all the players to reveal the full story of the Conference of Studio Unions strike and the resulting lockout of 1946.
Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes
By Benjamin Kohl and Linda C. Farthing, with Félix Muruchi
with Félix Muruchi
An extraordinary portrait of Bolivia's turbulent rise from military rule during the last half century, told through the eyes of a miner, union activist, and political prisoner.
By Vernon M. Briggs, Jr., Walter Fogel, and Fred H. Schmidt
The Chicano Worker is an incisive analysis of the labor-market experiences of Mexican American workers in the late twentieth century.
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The Informal and Underground Economy of the South Texas Border
By Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani
This first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, longitudinal study of the “off-the-books” economic systems that fuel the Laredo-to-Brownsville corridor examines the complex repercussions of these legal and illegal forms of border commerce.
Organized Agriculture and the Labor Movement before the UFW
Puerto Rico, Hawaii, California
By Dionicio Nodín Valdés
This pioneering comparative study investigates how agricultural workers in Puerto Rico, Hawai'i, and California struggled to organize and create a place for themselves in the institutional life of the United States.
Mexican Women in American Factories
By Chad Richardson and Michael J. Pisani
This first comprehensive, multidisciplinary, longitudinal study of the “off-the-books” economic systems that fuel the Laredo-to-Brownsville corridor examines the complex repercussions of these legal and illegal forms of border commerce.
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Puerto Rico, Hawaii, California
By Dionicio Nodín Valdés
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Mexican Women in American Factories
Free Trade and Exploitation on the Border
By Carolyn Tuttle
Drawing on a rich data set of interviews with over 600 women maquila workers, this pathfinding book offers the first rigorous economic and sociological analysis of the impact of NAFTA and its implications for free trade around the world.
Tomorrow We're All Going to the Harvest
By Carolyn Tuttle
Drawing on a rich data set of interviews with over 600 women maquila workers, this pathfinding book offers the first rigorous economic and sociological analysis of the impact of NAFTA and its implications for free trade around the world.
Tomorrow We're All Going to the Harvest
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Temporary Foreign Worker Programs and Neoliberal Political Economy
By Leigh Binford
This exceptional study examines the experience of Mexican workers in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), widely considered a model program by the World Bank and other international institutions despite the significant violations of labor and human rights inherent in the terms of employment.
Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950
By Leigh Binford
This exceptional study examines the experience of Mexican workers in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), widely considered a model program by the World Bank and other international institutions despite the significant violations of labor and human rights inherent in the terms of employment.
Class Struggle in Hollywood, 1930-1950
By Gerald Horne
This engrossing book probes the motives and actions of all the players to reveal the full story of the Conference of Studio Unions strike and the resulting lockout of 1946.
Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes
Struggle for Justice in the Amazon
By Gomercindo Rodrigues
Edited and translated by Linda Rabben
The inspiring story of courageous labor and environmental activist Chico Mendes, who led Brazil’s rubber tappers until his assassination in 1988.
Apple Pie and Enchiladas
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By Gomercindo Rodrigues
Edited and translated by Linda Rabben
The inspiring story of courageous labor and environmental activist Chico Mendes, who led Brazil’s rubber tappers until his assassination in 1988.
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Apple Pie and Enchiladas
Latino Newcomers in the Rural Midwest
By Ann V. Millard and Jorge Chapa
The authors look at how Latinos fit into an already fractured social landscape with tensions among townspeople, farmers, and others.
By Ann V. Millard and Jorge Chapa
The authors look at how Latinos fit into an already fractured social landscape with tensions among townspeople, farmers, and others.
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