Erasmo Gamboa: 2 books

Book cover of Mexican Labor and World War II

Mexican Labor and World War II

Braceros in the Pacific Northwest, 1942-1947

by Kevin Leonard, Erasmo Gamboa
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

�Although Mexican migrant workers have toiled in the fields of the Pacific Northwest since the turn of the century, and although they comprise the largest work force in the region�s agriculture today, they have been virtually invisible in the region�s written labor history. Erasmo Gamboa�s...
Book cover of Bracero Railroaders

Bracero Railroaders

The Forgotten World War II Story of Mexican Workers in the U.S. West

by Erasmo Gamboa
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017

Desperate for laborers to keep the trains moving during World War II, the U.S. and Mexican governments created a now mostly forgotten bracero railroad program that sent a hundred thousand Mexican workers across the border to build and maintain railroad lines throughout the United States, particularly...
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