Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire: Puerto Rican Workers on U.S. Farms 9780520325791

Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire is the first in-depth look at the experiences of Puerto Rican migrant workers i

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Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire: Puerto Rican Workers on U.S. Farms
 9780520325791

Table of contents :
Cover
Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire
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

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