Importing Poverty?: Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America - Philip Martin - Books - Yale University Press - 9780300209761 - April 30, 2014
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Importing Poverty?: Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America

Philip Martin

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Importing Poverty?: Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America

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.


264 pages, 9 b-w illus.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released USA, April 30, 2014
ISBN13 9780300209761
Publishers Yale University Press
Pages 264
Dimensions 156 × 235 × 22 mm   ·   412 g
Language English  

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