Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire

Puerto Rican Workers on U.S. Farms

AvIsmael Garcia-Colon

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del 57 i serien American Crossroads

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Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire is the first in-depth look at the experiences of Puerto Rican migrant workers in continental U.S. agriculture in the twentieth century. The Farm Labor Program, established by the government of Puerto Rico in 1947, placed hundreds of thousands of migrant workers on U.S. farms and fostered the emergence of many stateside Puerto Rican communities. Ismael García-Colón investigates the origins and development of this program and uncovers the unique challenges faced by its participants.A labor history and an ethnography, Colonial Migrants evokes the violence, fieldwork, food, lodging, surveillance, and coercion that these workers experienced on farms and conveys their hopes and struggles to overcome poverty. Island farmworkers encountered a unique form of prejudice and racism arising from their dual status as both U.S. citizens and as “foreign others,” and their experiences were further shaped by evolving immigration policies. Despite these challenges, many Puerto Rican farmworkers ultimately chose to settle in rural U.S. communities, contributing to the production of food and the Latinization of the U.S. farm labor force.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-02-18
Mått:152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:American Crossroads
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520325791

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Ismael García-Colón is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the College of Staten Island and CUNY Graduate Center. He is a historical and political anthropologist with interests in political economy and oral history, and the author of Land Reform in Puerto Rico: Modernizing the Colonial State.

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"The book is extraordinary in that it develops in a well-structured and flowing narrative a rich map across decades, institutions, and states, and suggests a framework for further study. . . . The balance that the book strikes in its coverage of complex and dense materials is impressive. It should be at the top of the reading list of any scholar working on Puerto Rican studies; with other recent contributions, it is the latest contribution of a wave of historically framed and researched studies that will reimagine our understanding of the Puerto Rican experience."

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List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPART ONETHE FORMATION OF THE AGRARIAN LABOR REGIMES1 • The Making of Colonial Migrant Farmworkers2 • Establishing the Farm Labor Program3 • Implementing Contract MigrationPART TWOMANAGING HOPE, DESPAIR, AND DISSENT4 • Pa’lla Afuera and the Life Experiences of Migrants5 • Labor Camps as Prisons in the Fields6 • Puerto Ricans in the Rural United States7 • Labor Organizing and the End of an EraEpilogueNotesReferencesIndex