A PROMISE FULFILLED: Mexican Cannery Workers in Southern California

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Preface ix
4. Introduction xi
5. Part 2
6. THE HISTORICAL PROBLEM OF THE FAMILY WAGE: THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE FIVE DOLLAR DAY 371
7. RURAL PUSH AND URBAN PULL: WORK AND FAMILY EXPERIENCES OF OLDER BLACK WOMEN IN SOUTHERN CITIES, 1880-1900 397
8. Our Own Kind: Family and Community Networks 407
9. THE "GOOD MANAGERS": MARRIED WORKING CLASS WOMEN AND FAMILY BUDGET STUDIES, 1895-1915 429
10. The Female Life Cycle and the Measure of Jewish Social Change: Portland, Oregon, 1880-1930 451
11. The Women's March: Miners, Family, and Community in Pittsburg, Kansas, 1921-1922 475
12. Cotton Mill People: Work, Community, and Protest in the Textile South, 1880-1940 497
13. BEYOND THE FAMILY ECONOMY: BLACK AND WHITE WORKING-CLASS WOMEN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION 539
14. The Economics of Middle-Income Family Life: Working Women During the Great Depression 566
15. Working after Childbearing in Modern America 581
16. A PROMISE FULFILLED: Mexican Cannery Workers in Southern California 601
17. The Impact of "Sun Belt Industrialization" on Chicanas 625
18. Copyright Information 639
19. Index 645