Tortillas and tomatoes : transmigrant Mexican harvesters in Canada /

"In Tortillas and Tomatoes Tanya Basok exposes the mechanisms that make Mexican seasonal workers unfree. She shows that workers are unable to refuse employer demands for their labour because of economic need and the rigid control exercised by the Mexican Ministry of Labour and Social Planning a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Basok, Tanya, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2002.
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history.
Temas:
Foreign workers, Mexican > Ontario.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign > Ontario.
Travailleurs étrangers mexicains > Ontario.
Travailleurs agricoles étrangers > Ontario.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Agricultural laborers, Foreign
Foreign workers, Mexican
Ontario
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In Tortillas and Tomatoes Tanya Basok exposes the mechanisms that make Mexican seasonal workers unfree. She shows that workers are unable to refuse employer demands for their labour because of economic need and the rigid control exercised by the Mexican Ministry of Labour and Social Planning as well as the paternalistic relationship between the Mexican harvesters and their Canadian employers."--Jacket
Notas:ıNcludes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 168 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164).
ISBN:9780773570047
0773570047
1282860305
9781282860308
9786612860300
6612860308

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