No man's land: Jamaican guestworkers in America and the global history of deportable labor
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1. Verfasser: Hahamovitch, Cindy (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press c2011
Schriftenreihe:Politics and society in twentieth-century America
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
From South Africa in the nineteenth century to Hong Kong today, nations around the world, including the United States, have turned to guestworker programs to manage migration. These temporary labor recruitment systems represented a state-brokered compromise between employers who wanted foreign workers and those who feared rising numbers of immigrants. Unlike immigrants, guestworkers couldn't settle, bring their families, or become citizens, and they had few rights. Indeed, instead of creating a manageable form of migration, guestworker programs created an especially vulnerable class of labor
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 333 p)
ISBN:9781400840021
DOI:10.1515/9781400840021

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