"Of Forest and Fields tells the story of the ethnic Mexicans that toiled in the fields, canneries, packing sheds, and forests who helped turn the Pacific Northwest into one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. The book explores the struggle of Braceros, Tejanos, and Mexican immigrants, to contest their exploitation in various ways. The history of their resistance culminated in the creation of one of the most important farm worker's unions in the country, the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noreste (PCUN)"--Provided by publisher

Agricultural laborers Labor unions, Agricultural laborers Labor unions Northwest, Pacific History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor, Economic history, Ethnic relations, Foreign workers, Mexican, Foreign workers, Mexican Northwest, Pacific History, History, Immigrants, Immigrants Northwest, Pacific History, Mexican Americans, Mexican Americans North

          AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1       Many Miles from Home: The Bracero Program in the Pacific Northwest2       Los Tejanos: The Texas-Mexican Diaspora in Oregon3       The Genesis of the Willamette Valley Immigration Project4       Whip that Hoedad in the Ground: Undocumented Workers in the National Forest5       “Now I Can Hold My Own With Anybody”: IRCA, Immigrant Organizing, and the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Noroeste (PCUN)6       Huelga!: PCUN and Organizing Farm Workers in the Willamette ValleyEpilogue: La Lucha Sigue . . .          Notes          Index