| Description |
xxiii, 337 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-324) and index. |
| Contents |
The farmworkers' journey -- Mexico's historical farming practices -- Aspects of Mexico's agricultural political economy -- Migration northward to Central California -- Immigration experiences -- California's corporate agribusiness -- Farmworkers in Central California's corporate agribusiness -- An impoverished, endangered, and overworked people in the land of plenty -- Farmworker household survival in Central California -- Meanwhile, back on the farm -- Transnational corporations and the U.S. legacy in West-Central Mexico -- Endangered Mexican farmers -- Institutional oppression in the West-Central Mexico countryside -- Toward an enlightened perception of California's Mexican agricultural immigrants -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Agrochemical inventories and classifications -- Appendix B: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Subject |
Migrant agricultural laborers -- California.
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Migrant agricultural laborers -- Mexico.
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| ISBN |
0520250737 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780520250734 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780520250727 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520250729 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2508776 |
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YDXCP 2508778 |
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