Making the modern migrant : work, community, and struggle in the federal Migratory Labor Camp Program, 1935-1947

Making the modern migrant : work, community, and struggle in the federal Migratory Labor Camp Program, 1935-1947

During the New Deal, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) developed what is arguably one of the most provocative and far-reaching programs for farm workers undertaken by the U.S. federal government to date. Through the Migratory Labor Camp Program the FSA promised to efficiently funnel workers to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martínez-Matsuda, Verónica
Other Authors: Zamora, Emilio
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2011
Subjects:
New Deal
Citizenship
Labor camps
Mexican Americans
Farm Security Administration
Migratory Labor Camp Program
Migrant workers
Migrant community
Farm labor
Federal Labor Camp Program
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-12-546

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