Milking in the shadows : migrants and mobility in America's dairyland /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Keller, Julie C., author.
Imprint:	New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 184 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Inequality at work Inequality at work (Rutgers University Press)
Subject:	Dairying -- Wisconsin. Foreign workers -- Wisconsin. Dairying. Emigration and immigration. Foreign workers. Mexico -- Emigration and immigration. United States -- Emigration and immigration. Mexico. United States. Wisconsin.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12590936

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ISBN:	9780813596433 0813596432 9780813596457 0813596459 9780813596426 0813596424 9780813596419 0813596416
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 26, 2019).
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.
Other form:	Print version: Keller, Julie C. Milking in the shadows. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019] 9780813596426

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Dairying differently : the labor shift in the Wisconsin dairy industry
Organizing mobility : the transnational making of workers in Veracruz, Mexico
Changing villages : from coffee and corn to migration and milk
Crossing in place : mobility regulated at the border
Precarious work, limited mobility: managing in the shadows on los ranchos
Belonging in the countryside : the rural idyll and the legal landscape
Going home : delayed departures, families in wait, and the difficulties of returning
Conclusion: the politics of mobility
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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