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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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
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
