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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Griffith, David, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2006.
Series:Rural studies series (University Park, Pa.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.