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2016 __Choice__ Oustanding Academic Title Just looking at the Pacific Northwest’s many verdant forests and fields, it may be hard to imagine the intense work it took to transform the region into the agricultural powerhouse it is today. Much of this labor was provided by Mexican guest workers, Tejano migrants, and undocumented immigrants, who converged on the region beginning in the mid-1940s. __Of Forests and Fields__ tells the story of these workers, who toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests, turning the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country.Employing an innovative approach that traces the intersections between Chicana/o labor and environmental history, Mario Sifuentez shows how ethnic Mexican workers responded to white communities that only welcomed them when they were economically useful, then quickly shunned them. He vividly renders the feelings of isolation and desperation that led to the formation of ethnic Mexican labor organizations like the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN) farm workers union, which fought back against discrimination and exploitation. __Of Forests and Fields__ not only extends

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Author

PCUN;Sifuentez, Mario Jimenez

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813576916

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Business

Rating

4.6 / 5 (20 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14