American Guestworkers: Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. Labor Market

Author:   David Griffith (East Carolina University)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:  

9780271031880


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 November 2007
Format:   Paperback
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American Guestworkers: Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. Labor Market


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The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects of the H-2 program on both the areas where the laborers work and the areas they are from, and, taking a uniquely humanitarian stance, he considers the effects of the program on the laborers themselves.

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Author:   David Griffith (East Carolina University)
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9780271031880


ISBN 10:   0271031883
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   15 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Unlike the pundits who debate immigration policy within the context of border security or labor markets, David Griffith focuses on the history and evolution of the H-2 program, examining the efficacy of actual guestworker policies and their effects on migrant workers. The value of American Guestworkers lies in the author's argument that local history can influence global processes. Throughout the book, Griffith proves his point by moving effortlessly between analysis of the local and national issues related to the H-2 program. - Elzbieta M. Gozdziak, Georgetown University


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David Griffith is Professor of Anthropology at East Carolina University.

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