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Galarza, Ernesto
Born: 1905 AD
Died: 1984 AD, at 78 years of age.
Nationality: Mexican
Categories: Labor Leader, Writers
Died: 1984 AD, at 78 years of age.
Nationality: Mexican
Categories: Labor Leader, Writers
1905 - Born on August 15th in Jalcocotán, Nayarit, Mexico. He was a civil rights and labor activist, a scholar, and a pioneer during the decades when Mexican Americans had few public advocates.
1929-1944 - One of Stanford's first Chicano alumni, Galarza received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University.
1956 - His works include: Strangers in our Fields, Merchants of Labor, Spiders in the House and Workers in the Fields, Barrio Boy, Farm Workers and Agribusiness in California, and Tragedy at Chualar.
1964-1971 - His books most notably include the Merchants of Labor, on the exploitation of Mexican contract workers, and the Barrio Boy.
1979 - Dr. Galarza was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1998 - Inducted into the Hall of Fame on October 9th.
1929-1944 - One of Stanford's first Chicano alumni, Galarza received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University.
1956 - His works include: Strangers in our Fields, Merchants of Labor, Spiders in the House and Workers in the Fields, Barrio Boy, Farm Workers and Agribusiness in California, and Tragedy at Chualar.
1964-1971 - His books most notably include the Merchants of Labor, on the exploitation of Mexican contract workers, and the Barrio Boy.
1979 - Dr. Galarza was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1998 - Inducted into the Hall of Fame on October 9th.
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Barrio Boy by Ernesto Galarza (Paperback - Jun 30, 1971) Barrio Boyis the remarkable story of one boy's journey from a Mexican village so small its main street didn't have a name, to the barrio of Sacramento, California, bustling and thriving in the early...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Merchants of labor: The Mexican bracero story : an account of the managed migration of Mexican farm workers in California 1942-1960 by Ernesto Galarza (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 1964) |
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Farm Workers and Agri-business in California, 1947-60 by Ernesto Galarza (Paperback - Apr 30, 1978) |
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Spiders in the House and Workers in the Field by Ernesto Galarza (Paperback - Apr 30, 1971) |
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Merchants of Labor: The Mexican Bracero Story by Ernesto Galarza (Hardcover - Aug 30, 1964) |
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