The years from the Porfiriato to the post-Revolutionary regimes were a time of rising industrialism in Mexico that dramatically affected the lives of workers. M

Prior to the millennium, economists and policy makers argued that free trade between the United States and Mexico would benefit both Americans and Mexicans. The

During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive population shi

"Collection of thirteen essays - nine of which relate to the post-1910 period - examining the role of women and gender relations as rural families make the tran

In this engrossing and original book, Leslie Salzinger takes us with her into the gendered world of Mexico's global factories. Her careful ethnographic work, pe