Daughters and Granddaughters of Farmworkers : Emerging from the Long Shadow of Farm Labor /

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In Daughters and Granddaughters of Farmworkers, Barbara Wells examines the work and family lives of Mexican American women in a community near the U.S.-Mexican border in California's Imperial County. Decades earlier, their Mexican parents and grandparents had made the momentous decision to migr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wells, Barbara (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Colección:Families in Focus
Temas:
Mexican American women agricultural laborers > California.
Mexican American women > Social conditions > California.
Mexican American women > Social life and customs.
Mexican American women > California > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Structure of Agriculture and the Organization of Farm Labor
  • 2. Farmworker Origins
  • 3. Life in a Border Community
  • 4. Negotiating Work and Family
  • 5. The Legacy of Farm Labor
  • 6. Surviving Now and Building a Better Life for Later
  • 7. Why Do They Stay?
  • Conclusion
  • Methodological Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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