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The children of NAFTA : labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border
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The children of NAFTA : labor wars on the U.S./Mexico border

Author: David Bacon
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
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"Based on firsthand accounts, this book investigates the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on those who work along the U.S./Mexico border producing food, televisions, computer equipment, plumbing supplies, clothing, and other goods that are the material foundation of our lives. Journalist David Bacon paints a portrait of poverty, repression, and struggle, offering a devastating critique of NAFTA in  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David Bacon
ISBN: 0520237781 9780520237780 9780520244726 0520244729
OCLC Number: 52757356
Notes: Includes index.
Description: 348 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction --
Grapes and green onions --
Putting solidarity on the table --
Tijuana's Maquiladora workers --
Han Young --
Build a house, go to jail --
The strategic alliance --
Duro means hard --
Mexico's wars over privatization --
Transplanted expectations --
The world of the border has changed --
Epilogue : the confrontation to come.
Other Titles: Labor war on the U.S./Mexico border
Responsibility: David Bacon.
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Examines the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on those who labor in the agricultural fields and maquiladora factories on the border. This title describes harsh conditions of child  Read more...

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"[Bacon's] books ... are sharp, analytical, and urgent."--Utne

 
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