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ISBN: | 9780813596433 0813596432 9780813596457 0813596459 9780813596426 0813596424 9780813596419 0813596416
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 26, 2019).
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Summary: | Migrant workers live in a transnational world that spans the boundaries of nation-states. Yet for undocumented workers, this world is complicated by inflexible immigration policies and the ever-present threat of law enforcement. Workers labeled as "illegals" wrestle with restrictive immigration policies, evading border patrol and local police as they risk their lives to achieve economic stability for their families. The sacrifices they make to get ahead entail long periods of waiting, extended separation from family, and above all, tremendous uncertainty around a freedom that many of us take for granted - everyday mobility. In Milking in the Shadows, Julie C. Keller takes an in-depth look at a population of undocumented migrants working in the American dairy industry to understand the components of this labor system. This book offers a framework for understanding the disjuncture between the labor desired by employers and life as an undocumented worker in America today.--COVER.
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Other form: | Print version: Keller, Julie C. Milking in the shadows. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019] 9780813596426
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