{"product_id":"bracero-railroaders-erasmo-gamboa-9780295998329","title":"Bracero Railroaders: The Forgotten World War II Story of Mexican Workers in the U.S. West","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesperate 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 the West. Although both governments promised the workers adequate living arrangements and fair working conditions, most bracero railroaders lived in squalor, worked dangerous jobs, and were subject to harsh racial discrimination. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking matters worse, the governments held a percentage of the workers' earnings in a savings and retirement program that supposedly would await the men on their return to Mexico. However, rampant corruption within both the railroad companies and the Mexican banks meant that most workers were unable to collect what was rightfully theirs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorian Erasmo Gamboa recounts the difficult conditions, systemic racism, and decades-long quest for justice these men faced. The result is a pathbreaking examination that deepens our understanding of Mexican American, immigration, and labor histories in the twentieth-century U.S. West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erasmo Gamboa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295998326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295998329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Erasmo Gamboa","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913572876543,"sku":"9780295998329","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f746f595-6c8f-4332-a7a7-f787b95b8223.jpg?v=1680621128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bracero-railroaders-erasmo-gamboa-9780295998329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}