With Strong Arms and Callused Hands: a Study of Mexican Racial Identity in the Bracero Program From 1942-1964

Authors

Maricela Metraux, The College of Wooster

Abstract

This Independent Study examines the racial images that existed in Mexican contract labor from 1942-1964, or the bracero program. Specifically, it focuses on perceptions of braceros from the Mexican government, agribusiness employers, American unions and Mexican civil rights groups, while lastly analyzing braceros' own self-perceived identity.

Advisor

Roche, Jeff

Department

History

Recommended Citation

Metraux, Maricela, "With Strong Arms and Callused Hands: a Study of Mexican Racial Identity in the Bracero Program From 1942-1964" (2013). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 3802.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/3802

Disciplines

Chicana/o Studies

Publication Date

2013

Degree Granted

Bachelor of Arts

Document Type

Senior Independent Study Thesis Exemplar