LEADER 03279nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910457109403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35297-0 010 $a9786612352973 010 $a0-300-15600-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300156003 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010753 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022174761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000299409 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11251474 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000299409 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240818 035 $a(PQKB)11249728 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000167164 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420616 035 $a(DE-B1597)486383 035 $a(OCoLC)586149574 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300156003 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348513 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235297 035 $a(OCoLC)923595112 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010753 100 $a20081027d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImporting poverty?$b[electronic resource] $eimmigration and the changing face of rural America /$fPhilip Martin 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xxi, 242 p.) ) $cill 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-13917-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-230) and index. 327 $aImmigration to the United States -- Agriculture and migrants -- California fruits and vegetables -- Florida sugar, oranges, and tomatoes -- Meat and poultry -- Seasonal worker mobility -- Migrants : the integration challenge -- Labor shortages, mechanization, and food costs -- Reforming U.S. immigration policies -- Regularize and rationalize farm labor. 330 $aAmerican 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. 606 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions 606 $aForeign workers$zUnited States 606 $aForeign workers$xGovernment policy 607 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImmigrants$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aForeign workers 615 0$aForeign workers$xGovernment policy. 676 $a331.5/440973 700 $aMartin$b Philip L.$f1949-$0506148 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457109403321 996 $aImporting poverty$92474422 997 $aUNINA