The Hispanic-American Almanac: A Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States"The editors have taken a series of complex issues and presented them in a readable, interesting book that students might actually read!" New Edition This updated source describes all major aspects of the culture and civilization of Hispanic Americans living in the United States. Chapters cover such topics as: The format of each chapter varies, based on the subject being discussed. Overall, the text is narrative, augmented by approximately 450 photographs, maps and charts. A bibliography has been included at the end of each chapter to facilitate further research. Features of the Almanac include a glossary and a keyword index. |
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... LABOR As a predominantly working people , Hispanics have long been involved in efforts to organize as workers . One of their earliest groups , the Caballeros de Labor ( Knights of Labor ) , was active in the South- west in the late ...
... labor and resulted in significant organizing efforts outside the mainstream labor federation . In the early twentieth century , union organizing among Hispanic workers increased in many areas . The most notable efforts took place in ...
... labor groups , who eventually gathered con- vincing evidence that , despite contract guarantees , braceros were not protected against abuses by em- ployers and labor contractors , their working condi- tions were not adequate , and they ...
Contents
Beyond Orthodoxy | 383 |
Literature | 597 |
Outstanding Figures in Hispanic Theater 529 | 734 |
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