Importing poverty? : immigration and the changing face of rural America

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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martin, Philip L., 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Immigrants > United States > Economic conditions.
Foreign workers > United States.
Foreign workers > Government policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Emigration and immigration
Foreign workers
Foreign workers > Government policy
Immigrants > Economic conditions
Immigrants > Industry. > United States > Economic conditions.
United States > Emigration and immigration.
United States
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Table of 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.

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