They leave their kidneys in the fields : illness, injury, and illegality among U.S. farmworkers / Sarah Bronwen Horton.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Horton, Sarah Bronwen, Author.

Series:

• California series in public anthropology ; 40.
• California Series in Public Anthropology ; 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Migrant agricultural laborers--California--Central Valley--Social conditions.
• Migrant agricultural laborers--Health and hygiene--California--Central Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations, photographs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields takes the reader on an ethnographic tour of the melon and corn harvesting fields of California's Central Valley to understand why farmworkers suffer heatstroke and chronic illness at rates higher than workers in any other industry. Through captivating accounts of the daily lives of a core group of farmworkers over nearly a decade, Sarah Bronwen Horton documents in startling detail how a tightly interwoven web of public policies and private interests creates exceptional and needless suffering.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Burning Up: Heat Illness in California's Fields
• 2. Entering Farm Work: Migration and Men's Work Identities
• 3. Ghost Workers: The Labor Consequences of Identity Loan
• 4. Presión Alta: The Physiological Toll of Farm Work
• 5. Álvaro's Casket: Heat Illness and Chronic Disease at Work
• 6. Desabilitado: Kidney Disease and the Disability- Assistance Hole
• Conclusion: Strategies for Change
• Appendix A. On Engaged Anthropology and Ethnographic Writing
• Appendix B. Methods
• Appendix C. Core Research Participants
• Notes
• References
• Index

Notes:

• Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

• 9780520962545
• 0520962540

OCLC:

933211571