Railroads in Mexico

Railroads in Mexico
Title Railroads in Mexico PDF eBook
Author Francisco Garma Franco
Publisher Sundance Publications Limited
Pages 376
Release 1988-04-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780913582015

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Traqueros

Traqueros
Title Traqueros PDF eBook
Author Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo
Publisher University of North Texas Press
Pages 244
Release 2012
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 157441464X

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Perhaps no other industrial technology changed the course of Mexican history in the United States--and Mexico--than did the coming of the railroads. Tens of thousands of Mexicans worked for the railroads in the United States, especially in the Southwest and Midwest. Construction crews soon became railroad workers proper, along with maintenance crews later. Extensive Mexican American settlements appeared throughout the lower and upper Midwest as the result of the railroad. The substantial Mexican American populations in these regions today are largely attributable to 19th- and 20th-century railroad work. Only agricultural work surpassed railroad work in terms of employment of Mexicans. The full history of Mexican American railroad labor and settlement in the United States had not been told, however, until Jeffrey Marcos Garcílazo's groundbreaking research in Traqueros. Garcílazo mined numerous archives and other sources to provide the first and only comprehensive history of Mexican railroad workers across the United States, with particular attention to the Midwest. He first explores the origins and process of Mexican labor recruitment and immigration and then describes the areas of work performed. He reconstructs the workers' daily lives and explores not only what the workers did on the job but also what they did at home and how they accommodated and/or resisted Americanization. Boxcar communities, strike organizations, and "traquero culture" finally receive historical acknowledgment. Integral to his study is the importance of family settlement in shaping working class communities and consciousness throughout the Midwest.

The Railroads of Mexico

The Railroads of Mexico
Title The Railroads of Mexico PDF eBook
Author Fred Wilbur Powell
Publisher
Pages 244
Release 1921
Genre Railroads
ISBN

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The Railroads of Mexico

The Railroads of Mexico
Title The Railroads of Mexico PDF eBook
Author Fred Wilbur Powell
Publisher
Pages 246
Release 1921
Genre Railroads
ISBN

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New Mexico's Railroads

New Mexico's Railroads
Title New Mexico's Railroads PDF eBook
Author David F. Myrick
Publisher UNM Press
Pages 308
Release 1990
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780826311856

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From narrow-gauge lines to Amtrak, this railroad lover's book shows the importance of trains to New Mexico's heritage.

Growth Against Development

Growth Against Development
Title Growth Against Development PDF eBook
Author John H. Coatsworth
Publisher
Pages 249
Release 1981
Genre Science
ISBN 9780875806006

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Railways of Mexico

Railways of Mexico
Title Railways of Mexico PDF eBook
Author William Rodney Long
Publisher
Pages 244
Release 1925
Genre Railroads
ISBN

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