
Importing Poverty
Immigration and the Changing Face of Rural America
Philip Martin(Author)
Yale University Press
Published on 1. April 2009
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-300-13917-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 labourers, 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-labour model that has evolved in rural America is neither desirable nor sustainable. He proposes regularizing U.S. farm workers and rationalizing the farm labour market, an approach that will help American farmers stay globally competitive while also improving conditions for farm workers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 black-&-white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-300-13917-4 (9780300139174)
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Person
Philip Martin is professor of agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Davis; chair of the UC Comparative Immigration and Integration Program; and editor of the quarterlies Migration News and Rural Migration News. He is the author of Managing Labor Migration in the Twenty-First Century, published by Yale University Press.