Working poor farmworkers in the United States /
| Main Author: | Griffith, David, 1951- |
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| Other Authors: | Kissam, Edward, 1943-, Camposeco, Jerónimo. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
1995.
Philadelphia : 1995. |
| Physical Description: |
xiv, 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects: |
| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index. Ch. 1. The Formation of Agricultural Labor in the United States -- Ch. 2. Waves of Ethnicity: Immokalee, Florida -- Ch. 3. Migrant Workers on the Delmarva Peninsula: Maryland Tomato and Delaware Potato and Mixed-Vegetable Farms -- Ch. 4. Domestic Farmworkers in America's Heartland: Weslaco, Texas, and the Lower Rio Grande Valley -- Ch. 5. Labor Demand in Southwestern Michigan: Last Bastion of the Family Farm -- Ch. 6. Offshore Citizens as a Supply of Farm Labor: El Mani and Sabalos, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico -- Ch. 7. A Labor Force in Transition: Farmworkers in the New Jersey Nursery Industry -- Ch. 8. Northward out of Mexico: Migration Networks and Farm Labor Supply in Parlier, California -- Ch. 9. Characteristics of the Farm Labor Market: A Comparative Summary -- Ch. 10. The Poverty of Conventional Thought: Social Theory and the Working Poor -- Appendix: Methods, Sampling, and the Rationale for the Community Study Approach. |
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1566392381 9781566392389 156639239X 9781566392396 |