ISBN:
9780520974272
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
American Crossroads Ser v.57
Series Statement:
American crossroads
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire : Puerto Rican Workers on U. S. Farms
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.8687295073
Keywords:
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
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Migration
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Puerto Rico
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USA
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Puerto Ricans ; United States ; Migrations
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Electronic books
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Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
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Puerto Rico
;
Migration
;
USA
Abstract:
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One The Formation of Agrarian Labor Regimes -- 1 The Making of Colonial Migrant Farmworkers -- 2 Establishing the Farm Labor Program -- 3 Implementing Contract Migration -- Part Two Managing Hope, Despair, and Dissent -- 4 Pa'lla Afuera and the Life Experiences of Migrants -- 5 Labor Camps as Prisons in the Fields -- 6 Puerto Ricans in the Rural United States -- 7 Labor Organizing and the End of an Era -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index
Abstract:
Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire is the first in-depth look at the experiences of Puerto Rican migrant workers in continental U.S. agriculture in the twentieth century. The Farm Labor Program, established by the government of Puerto Rico in 1947, placed hundreds of thousands of migrant workers on U.S. farms and fostered the emergence of many stateside Puerto Rican communities. Ismael García-Colón investigates the origins and development of this program and uncovers the unique challenges faced by its participants. A labor history and an ethnography, Colonial Migrants evokes the violence, fieldwork, food, lodging, surveillance, and coercion that these workers experienced on farms and conveys their hopes and struggles to overcome poverty. Island farmworkers encountered a unique form of prejudice and racism arising from their dual status as both U.S. citizens and as "foreign others," and their experiences were further shaped by evolving immigration policies. Despite these challenges, many Puerto Rican farmworkers ultimately chose to settle in rural U.S. communities, contributing to the production of food and the Latinization of the U.S. farm labor force
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