The farmworkers' journey /

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Author / Creator:	López, Ann Aurelia, 1945-
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 337 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:	English
Subject:	Migrant agricultural laborers -- California. Migrant agricultural laborers -- Mexico. Migrant agricultural laborers. California. Mexico. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11154463

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ISBN:	9780520940574 0520940571 9781429481823 142948182X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-324) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Illuminating the dark side of economic globalization, this book gives an insider's view of the migrant farmworkers' binational circuit that stretches from the west central Mexico countryside to central California. Useful for all Americans, "The Farmworkers' Journey" traces the human consequences of our policy decisions.
Other form:	Print version: López, Ann Aurelia, 1945- Farmworkers' journey. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007 9780520250727 0520250729

Table of 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.

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