Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Vicki L. Ruiz
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.320kg
ISBN: 9780826309884
ISBN 10: 0826309887
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 01 August 1987
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
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, 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, 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, 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, "" 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, 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.
