Importing poverty? : immigration and the changing face of rural America / Philip Martin.

By:

Martin, Philip L, 1949- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780300156003
0300156006
9786612352973
6612352973

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Importing poverty?DDC classification:

331.5/440973 22

LOC classification:

JV6456 .M36 2009eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Immigration to the United States -- Agriculture and migrants -- California fruits and vegetables -- Florida sugar, oranges, and tomatoes -- Meat and poultry -- Seasonal worker mobility -- Migrants : the integration challenge -- Labor shortages, mechanization, and food costs -- Reforming U.S. immigration policies -- Regularize and rationalize farm labor.

Summary: American agriculture employs some 2.5 million workers during a typical year. Three fourths of these farm workers are immigrants, half are unauthorized, and most will leave seasonal farm work within a decade. This book looks at what these statistics mean for farmers, labourers, and rural America.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-230) and index.

Print version record.

American agriculture employs some 2.5 million workers during a typical year. Three fourths of these farm workers are immigrants, half are unauthorized, and most will leave seasonal farm work within a decade. This book looks at what these statistics mean for farmers, labourers, and rural America.

English.

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