Description |
1 online resource (xv, 234 pages) : maps |
Series |
Rural studies series |
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Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
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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
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Foreign workers, Jamaican -- United States -- History
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Mexican Americans -- Employment -- History
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Jamaican Americans -- Employment -- History
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Temporary employment -- United States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Foreign workers, Jamaican
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Foreign workers, Mexican
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Mexican Americans -- Employment
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Temporary employment
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780271032856 |
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0271032855 |
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9780271054704 |
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0271054700 |
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0271031883 |
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9780271031880 |
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0271055774 |
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9780271055770 |
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9780271053042 |
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0271053046 |
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