No Man's Land Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor

Name: No Man's Land Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor
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ISBN: 9780691160153

ISBN-10: 0691160155

ISBN-13: 9780691160153

Edition: 2011

Authors: Cindy Hahamovitch

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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.Based on a vast array of sources from U.S., Jamaican, and English archives, as well as interviews,…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.17" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English