TY - GEN T1 - Of forests and fields : Mexican labor in the Pacific Northwest T2 - Latinidad. A1 - Sifuentez, Mario Jimenez, 1979- LA - English PP - New Brunswick, New Jersey PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2016 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn944920102 AB - "Of Forest and Fields tells the story of the ethnic Mexicans that toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests who helped turn the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. The book explores the struggle of Braceros, Tejanos, and Mexican immigrants, to contest their exploitation in various ways. The history of their resistance culminated in the creation of one of the most important farm worker's unions in the country, the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noreste (PCUN)"--Provided by publisher OP - 169 CN - HD1527.N87 S54 2016eb SN - 9780813576923 SN - 081357692X SN - 9780813576909 SN - 0813576903 SN - 9780813576893 SN - 081357689X SN - 9780813576916 KW - PCUN : History. KW - PCUN KW - Migrant agricultural laborers : Northwest, Pacific : History. KW - Foreign workers, Mexican : Northwest, Pacific : History. KW - Mexican Americans : Northwest, Pacific : History. KW - Mexicans : Northwest, Pacific : History. KW - Immigrants : Northwest, Pacific : History. KW - Working class : Northwest, Pacific : History. KW - Agricultural laborers : Labor unions : Northwest, Pacific : History. KW - Northwest, Pacific : Economic conditions. KW - Northwest, Pacific : Ethnic relations. KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS : Labor. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Labor & Industrial Relations. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Ethnic Studies : Hispanic American Studies. KW - Agricultural laborers : Labor unions KW - Economic history KW - Ethnic relations KW - Foreign workers, Mexican KW - Immigrants KW - Mexican Americans KW - Mexicans KW - Migrant agricultural laborers KW - Working class KW - Pacific Northwest KW - History ER -