"Latinas on the Line provides a compelling analysis and historical and theoretical grounding of the oral histories, never before seen, of Latina information workers in the Bell System from their entrance in 1973 to their retirements by 2015. Author Melissa Villa-Nicholas demonstrates the...

Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Toward a Politics of Commonality: The Nexus of Mobility, Precarity, and (Non)citizenship / Catherine S. Ramírez, Juan Poblete, Sylvanna M. Falcón, Steven C. Mckay, and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer -- Part I....

In the shadows of skyscrapers and ivory towers -- "Giving my family a better future" : familism and interdependence across borders -- "We all come little" : the migration of Mexican independent teenage migrants -- Pushed or jumped? school-going, school-leaving and school-returning -- From campos...

"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...

In the early decades of the twentieth-century, Main Street was the heart of Los Angeles's Mexican immigrant community. It was also the hub for an extensive, largely forgotten film culture that thrived in L.A. during the early days of Hollywood. Drawing from rare archives, including the city's...