The farmworkers' journey / Ann Aurelia Lopez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

López, Ann Aurelia, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant agricultural laborers--California.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Migrant agricultural laborers--Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Illuminating the dark side of economic globalization, this book gives a rare insider's view of the migrant farmworkers' binational circuit that stretches from the west central Mexico countryside to central California. Over the course of ten years, Ann Aurelia López conducted a series of intimate interviews with farmworkers and their families along the migrant circuit. She deftly weaves their voices together with up-to-date research to portray a world hidden from most Americans-a world of inescapable poverty that has worsened considerably since NAFTA was implemented in 1994. In fact, today it has become nearly impossible for rural communities in Mexico to continue to farm the land sustainably, leaving few survival options except the perilous border crossing to the United States. The Farmworkers' Journey brings together for the first time the many facets of this issue into a comprehensive and accessible narrative: how corporate agribusiness operates, how binational institutions and laws promote the subjugation of Mexican farmworkers, how migration affects family life, how genetically modified corn strains pouring into Mexico from the United States are affecting farmers, how migrants face exploitation from employers, and more. A must-read for all Americans, The Farmworkers' Journey traces the human consequences of our policy decisions.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. The Farmworkers' Journey

2. Mexico's Historical Farming Practices

3. Aspects of Mexico's Agricultural Political Economy

4. Migration Northward to Central California

5. Immigration Experiences

6. California's Corporate Agribusiness

7. Farmworkers in Central California's Corporate Agribusiness

8. An Impoverished, Endangered, and Overworked People in the Land of Plenty

9. Farmworker Household Survival in Central California

10. Meanwhile, Back on the Farm

11. Transnational Corporations and the U.S. Legacy in West-Central Mexico

12. Endangered Mexican Farmers

13. Institutional Oppression in the West-Central Mexico Countryside

14. 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

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612360206

9780520940574

0520940571

9781282360204

1282360205

9781433708404

143370840X

OCLC:

476080501