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Importing Poverty: Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America

By Philip Martin

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0300139179, 9780300139174
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1159352 bytes)
Pages
272\264
Time added
2021-06-23 07:49:56

Description

American agriculture employs some 2.5 million workers during a typical year, most for fewer than six months. Three fourths of these farm workers are immigrants, half are unauthorized, and most will leave seasonal farm work within a decade. What do these statistics mean for farmers, for labourers, for rural America? This book addresses the question by reviewing what is happening on farms and in the towns and cities where immigrant farm workers settle with their families. Philip Martin finds that the business-labour model that has evolved in rural America is neither desirable nor sustainable. He proposes regularizing U.S. farm workers and rationalizing the farm labour market, an approach that will help American farmers stay globally competitive while also improving conditions for farm workers.

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