Contracting freedom : race, empire, and U.S. guestworker programs /

"This book represents the first scholarly attempt to examine the broad geographical dimensions of the World War II U.S. contract farm labor programs together and in sweeping detail. It views these labor programs relationally and in tandem to reveal how they were co-constituted and mutually unde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quintana, Maria, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Colección:Politics and culture in modern America.
Temas:
Seasonal Farm Laborers Program.
1900-1999
Agricultural laborers, Foreign > United States > History > 20th century.
Foreign workers > United States > History > 20th century.
Contract labor > United States > History > 20th century.
Race relations > History > 20th century.
Imperialism > History > 20th century.
Travailleurs agricoles étrangers > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Main-d'œuvre contractuelle > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Agricultural laborers, Foreign.
Contract labor.
Foreign workers.
Imperialism.
Race relations.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book represents the first scholarly attempt to examine the broad geographical dimensions of the World War II U.S. contract farm labor programs together and in sweeping detail. It views these labor programs relationally and in tandem to reveal how they were co-constituted and mutually understood across time and multiple places, producing a liberal consensus during this period that lives on today. By examining debates among government officials, labor leaders, civil rights activists, and agribusiness employers, it explores how the contractual consent and freedom of 1940s guestworker programs legitimated and extended U.S. racial and imperial domination abroad in the post-World War II period. More broadly, Contracting Freedom pursues the argument that liberalism, as a normative political idea and practice in the modern world, cannot be divorced from empire. In comparing the labor programs across geographic regions, it demonstrates that a global shift in the ideology of liberalism nurtured race and empire both before and after World War II, as numerous states sought to expand control over laborers through anti-imperial and race-neutral measures"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 285 pages): illustrations (black and white)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812298499
0812298497

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