Importing poverty? : immigration and the changing face of rural America / Philip Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Philip L., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States--Economic conditions.

Immigrants.

Foreign workers--United States.

Foreign workers.

Foreign workers--Government policy.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xxi, 242 p.) ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 laborers, 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-labor model that has evolved in rural America is neither desirable nor sustainable. He proposes regularizing U.S. farm workers and rationalizing the farm labor market, an approach that will help American farmers stay globally competitive while also improving conditions for farm workers.

Contents:

Immigration to the United States

Agriculture and migrants

California fruits and vegetables

Florida sugar, oranges, and tomatoes

Meat and poultry

Seasonal worker mobility

Migrants : the integration challenge

Labor shortages, mechanization, and food costs

Reforming U.S. immigration policies

Regularize and rationalize farm labor.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-35297-0

9786612352973

0-300-15600-6

OCLC:

586149574