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American Guestworkers : Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. Labor Market /
The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects of...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
2006.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a American Guestworkers : |b Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. Labor Market / |c David Griffith. |
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| 490 | 0 | |a Rural studies series | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Alleged shortages at home, certain surpluses abroad : North American temporary worker programs -- Occupations abandoned, workers displaced : seasonal labor before and after H-2 -- From beauty to truth -- Aspects of the machete -- Guests as hosts : Jamaicans in the tourist industry -- When owls die, ellos nos hierieron -- Bodies on hold : gender and H-2. | |
| 520 | |a The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects of the H-2 program on both the areas where the laborers work and the areas they are from, and, taking a uniquely humanitarian stance, he considers the effects of the program on the laborers themselves. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Temporary employment. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01147485 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Mexican Americans |x Employment. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01019102 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Foreign workers, Mexican. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01729163 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Foreign workers, Jamaican. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01729154 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SOCIAL SCIENCE |x Emigration & Immigration. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a POLITICAL SCIENCE |x Labor & Industrial Relations. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |x Labor. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Travail temporaire |z États-Unis |x Histoire. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Americains d'origine jamaïquaine |x Travail |x Histoire. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Americains d'origine mexicaine |x Travail |x Histoire. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Travailleurs etrangers jamaïquains |z États-Unis |x Histoire. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Travailleurs etrangers mexicains |z États-Unis |x Histoire. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Mexican Americans |x Employment |x History. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Foreign workers, Mexican |z United States |x History. | |
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