Roll over image to zoom in Click on image to zoom

Cannery Women, Cannery Lives

Name: Cannery Women, Cannery Lives
Brand: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
SKU: 9780826309884
Price: 57.99 AUD
Availability: InStock

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESSISBN: 9780826309884

Mexican Women, Unionization & the California Food Processing Industry 1930-1950

Price:

$57.99

Stock:

Temporarily out of stock. Order now & we'll deliver when available

Quantity:

By Vicki L. Ruiz
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
Release Date: October 30, 1987
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions:
Weight:
Pages: 194

Share this product

Button Actions

Please copy the ISBN for submitting review copy form

Women have been the mainstay of the gruelling, seasonal canning industry for over a century. This book is a collective biography. Thousands of Mexicana and Mexican American women working in canneries in southern California established effective, democratic trade union locals run by local members. These rank-and-file activists skilfully managed union affairs, including negotiating such benefits as maternity leave, company-provided day care, and paid holidays -- in some cases better benefits than they enjoy today. The dramatic and turbulent history of their union is a major contribution to the new labour history.

Vicki L Ruiz

"Cannery Women, Cannery Lives, " enhances our understanding of labor politics, Mexican womens lives, and immigrant family history. It is particularly valuable because it adds complexity to our perspectives on Mexican-origin women in the American experience. I know of no more vivid or more convincing portrait of womens work culture than in "Cannery Women, Cannery Lives". . . . first rate . . . "Cannery Women, Cannery Lives," enhances our understanding of labor politics, Mexican womens lives, and immigrant family history. It is particularly valuable because it adds complexity to our perspectives on Mexican-origin women in the American experience. "Cannery Women, Cannery Lives," is a welcome addition to U.S. labor history. . . . particularly useful to readers interested in womens history, labor history, or Mexican-American culture. ""Cannery Women, Cannery Lives, is a welcome addition to U.S. labor history. . . . particularly useful to readers interested in women's history, labor history, or Mexican-American culture.

Cannery Women, Cannery Lives

Request Academic Copy

Description

You may also like

Recently viewed