American Guestworkers : : Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S. Labor Market / / David Griffith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Griffith, David,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Rural Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 4 maps
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Part I: Out of Florida --; Introduction: In the State with the Prettiest Name --; 1 Alleged Shortages at Home, Certain Surpluses Abroad: North American Temporary Worker Programs --; 2 Occupations Abandoned,Workers Displaced: Seasonal Labor Before and After H-2 --; Part II: Jamaican Experiences, 1981-2001 --; 3 From Beauty to Truth --; 4 Aspects of the Machete --; 5 Guests as Hosts: Jamaicans in the Tourist Industry --; Part III: Mexican Experiences, 1988-2003 --; 6 When Owls Die, Ellos Nos Hierieron --; 7 Bodies on Hold: Gender and H-2 --; Conclusion: Lasting Firsts --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780271032856; 9783110745269
• DOI: 10.1515/9780271032856?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David Griffith.

The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects of the H-2 program on both the areas where the laborers work and the areas they are from, and, taking a uniquely humanitarian stance, he considers the effects of the program on the laborers themselves.