Tortillas and Tomatoes

Transmigrant Mexican Harvesters in Canada

AvTanya Basok

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Del i serien McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History

409 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

E-bok

1 019 kr

Beskrivning

Based on interviews with Leamington greenhouse growers and migrant Mexican workers, Tanya Basok offers a timely analysis of why the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program is needed. She argues that while Mexican workers do not necessarily constitute cheap labour for Canadian growers, they are vital for the survival of some agricultural sectors because they are always available for work, even on holidays and weekends, or when exhausted, sick, or injured. Basok exposes the mechanisms that make Mexican seasonal workers unfree and shows that the workers' virtual inability to refuse the employer's demand for their labour is related not only to economic need but to the rigid control exercised by the Mexican Ministry of Labour and Social Planning and Canadian growers over workers' participation in the Canadian guest worker program, as well as the paternalistic relationship between the Mexican harvesters and their Canadian employers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-05-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:306 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History
Antal sidor:192
Upplaga:3002
Förlag:McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN:9780773523876

Utforska kategorier

Arbetsmarknaden inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Agronomi och lantbruk inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Recensioner i media

A very significant contribution to Canadian rural studies, the first to deal with Mexican migratory farm workers with a special focus on the greenhouse vegetable sector. It will no doubt form a basis and springboard for future studies on Mexican rural workers in other parts of Canada and in commodities other than greenhouse vegetables and tobacco. Frans J. Schryer, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph

Mer från samma författare

Issues in Social Justice

Tanya Basok, Suzan Ilcan

Häftad, 2013

821 kr

Keeping Heads Above Water

Tanya Basok

E-bok

1993

1 049 kr

Rethinking Transit Migration

Tanya Basok, Danièle Bélanger, Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner, Guillermo Candiz

Inbunden, 2015

609 kr

Rethinking Transit Migration

Guillermo Candiz, Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner, Daniele Belanger, Tanya Basok

E-bok

2016

838 kr

Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic

Leah F. Vosko, Tanya Basok, Cynthia Spring

Inbunden, 2023

500 kr

Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic

Cynthia Spring, Tanya Basok, Leah F. Vosko

E-bok

2023

633 kr

Mer från samma serie

North American Gaels

Natasha Sumner, Aidan Doyle

Häftad, 2020

678 kr

Invisible Community

Mahsa Bakhshaei, Marie Mc Andrew, Ratna Ghosh, Priti Singh

Häftad, 2021

479 kr

With Your Words in My Hands

Sonia Cancian

Häftad, 2021

508 kr

Del 52

Least Possible Fuss and Publicity

Paul A. Evans

Inbunden, 2021

1 036 kr

Peronism As a Big Tent

Raanan Rein, Ariel Noyjovich

Inbunden, 2022

839 kr

Del 54

Boundaries of Ethnicity

Benjamin Bryce

Inbunden, 2022

1 493 kr

Del 54

Boundaries of Ethnicity

Benjamin Bryce

Häftad, 2022

450 kr

Before We Disappear Into Oblivion

Nina Bogdan

Häftad, 2025

393 kr

Canada and the Great Irish Famine

William Jenkins

Häftad, 2025

507 kr

Transnational Italians and the Culture of Everyday Life

Abril Liberatori

Häftad, 2026

450 kr

Du kanske också är intresserad av

10% rabatt på allt

Adventskalender Ravensburger pussel 2026

Ravensburger

319 kr