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Summary Of Deborah Cohen's Bracero Program

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Deborah Cohen traces development and international range of the Bracero Program from its roots to its inevitable end. Part 1 gives an outline of the program by examining the intentions, expectations and forecasted goals of the United States, the farmers, and also the workers – then explores the binational agreements and negotiations the led to the creation of the program. Cohen also illustrates how both the framers and the workers manipulated the program for their own interests. Part 2 dives into the medical screening processes that took place in Mexico and in the United States and the exploitation of the workers that occurred in the years of the program. In the final section, Cohen discusses the end of the program – the changes in the U.S.

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