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Author Griffith, David, 1951-

Title American guestworkers : Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. labor market / David Griffith
Published University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages) : maps
Series Rural studies series
Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
Contents Alleged shortages at home, certain surpluses abroad : North American temporary worker programs -- Occupations abandoned, workers displaced : seasonal labor before and after H-2 -- From beauty to truth -- Aspects of the machete -- Guests as hosts : Jamaicans in the tourist industry -- When owls die, ellos nos hierieron -- Bodies on hold : gender and H-2
Summary The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects of the H-2 program on both the areas where the laborers work and the areas they are from, and, taking a uniquely humanitarian stance, he considers the effects of the program on the laborers themselves
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Foreign workers, Mexican -- United States -- History
Foreign workers, Jamaican -- United States -- History
Mexican Americans -- Employment -- History
Jamaican Americans -- Employment -- History
Temporary employment -- United States -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Foreign workers, Jamaican
Foreign workers, Mexican
Mexican Americans -- Employment
Temporary employment
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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