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... in the United States that rely heavily on secondary sources. Operation Wetback is a well-written and interesting book. Students of migration, ethnic history, and regional studies will find many uses for García’s study. García does better in outlining the origins and development of the Bracero Program...

...Karl M. Schmitt Neighbors—Mexico and the United States: Wetbacks and Oil . By Shafer Robert Jones and Mabry Donald . Chicago : Nelson-Hall Publishers , 1982 . Tables. Index . Pp. ix , 241 . Cloth . $18.95 . Paper . $9.95 . Copyright 1983 by Duke University Press 1983...

...; that the United States was seriously concerned about communist influence in Guatemala; that the department favored maintaining U.S. control of the Venezuelan petroleum industry; and that the “wetback” problem remained prominent in Mexican relations. In summary, this well-edited collection clearly illustrates...

...). Levenstein convincingly argues that few, if any, “bread and butter” benefits have accrued to either U.S. or Mexican workers from the efforts at cooperation of their national leaders. The issue of the status of Mexican braceros and “wetbacks” in the United States provides a detailed example of a shared...

... discusses the causes of “wetbackism,” the difficulties of compiling accurate migration statistics, and Mexico’s apparent ambivalence toward labor emigration to the United States. However, he neither examines the important issue of demand for this labor in the United States, nor considers that for Mexico...

... American leaders lost faith in the agency because of racist tactics. It is within this context that the infamous Operation Wetback was initiated, a two-month publicity stunt that was no different than what had been going on for two or three years, according to the author. The period studied...

... the role the United States played in manipulating workers in Mexico through selective opening of the border or the use of Operation Wetback. Again, the strength of Cohen’s work lies in those sections that describe the need for applying workers to appear to be Indian and in need of modernization in order...

... agriculture; returns that resulted from popular fears that US officials were going to restrict the entry of Mexican immigrants; and mass deportation campaigns like 1954’s Operation Wetback, when US immigration authorities apprehended more than one million undocumented Mexican immigrants. The edited...

... mechanized many aspects of the production process, but from the 1930s to the 1950s they remained dependent on (mostly undocumented) Mexican labor for molding bricks. When Mexican workers were deported during the xenophobic Operation Wetback in the 1950s, Mexican brick culture shifted south of the border...