HILD 7C Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Maquiladora, Mexican Revolution, Police Brutality
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Is there a chicanx movement today: yes, but different today, 2006/2007: immigration reform protest in macarthur park, la on may day b. i. 1910: 75% of mexicans in mexico lived in rural areas a. ii. 1980: 75% of mexicans lived in urban areas a. iii. Economic growth & migration related to mexican revolution & centers for mining production all across southwest fuel growth of urban areas a. iv. 2. 1940s and 50s: immigration continues jobs to be had near military bases a. iv. 3. 1960s: mexican government creates national border program, which included border industrialization program b. Border industrialization program b. i. 1. b. i. 2. border b. i. 3. b. i. 4. Created free trade zone for foreign investors near northern mexican. Able to access cheap labor in new factories & assembly plants. Helped explain dramatic growth in urban population around factories b. ii. Millions of workers (many single young women in 20s) flock to these jobs b. ii. 1. a. Marked border as important cog in pacific rim global economy b. ii. 3.
