Abandoning Their Beloved Land

The Politics of Bracero Migration in Mexico

Alberto García

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University of California Press
17 January 2023

History; History of the Americas; Migration, immigration & emigration

Abandoning Their Beloved Land offers an essential new history of the Bracero Program, a bilateral initiative that allowed Mexican men to work in the United States as seasonal contract farmworkers from 1942 to 1964. Using national and local archives in Mexico, historian Alberto García uncovers previously unexamined political factors that shaped the direction of the program, including how officials administered the bracero selection process and what motivated campesinos from central states to migrate. Notably, García's book reveals how and why the federal government's delegation of Bracero Program–related responsibilities, the powerful influence of conservative Catholic opposition groups in central Mexico, and the failures of the revolutionary agrarian reform all profoundly influenced the program's administration and individual decisions to migrate as braceros.

By: Alberto García
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780520390232
ISBN 10: 0520390237
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 17 January 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 • “The Urgent Need to Regulate Departures”: Federal-Level Administration of the Bracero Program 2 • “According to the Jurisdiction’s Necessities”: State-Level Administration of the Bracero Program 3 • “Long-Standing Political and Religious Differences”: Political-Religious Conflicts and Bracero Migration in the Greater Bajío 4 • “Lack of Work and Lands to Sow”: The Agrarian Reform and Bracero Migration in the Greater Bajío 5 • A “Mockery of Responsibility”: Municipal-Level Administration of the Bracero Program Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Alberto García is Assistant Professor of History at San José State University.

Reviews for Abandoning Their Beloved Land: The Politics of Bracero Migration in Mexico

"""Abandoning Their Beloved Land adds a much-needed Mexican perspective on a program that encompassed thousands of lives in different political spheres and localities for over two decades."" * H-Migration * ""A major contribution to the literature on Chicana/o and ethnic studies, this volume will be invaluable for future research and scholarship on this critical subject."" * CHOICE * ""Meticulously researched, Abandoning Their Beloved Land provides an engaging narrative that makes this book accessible to non-academics, undergraduates, and graduate students alike."" * Journal of Arizona History *"