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Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour : = Constraints and Community Responses.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour :/
Reminder of title:	Constraints and Community Responses.
Author:	Findeis, J.L.
other author:	Vandeman, A.
Description:	1 online resource (280 pages)
Subject:	Agricultural laborers. -
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ISBN:	9781845933371

Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour : = Constraints and Community Responses.
Findeis, J.L.

Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour :Constraints and Community Responses. - 1 online resource (280 pages)

Intro -- The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour Constraints and Community Responses -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Section I. The Farm Workforce - Trends, Adjustments and Technical Change -- 1. Hired Farm Labour Adjustments and Constraints -- 2. Examining Farm Worker Images -- 3. Changes in the Labour Intensity of Agriculture: a Comparison of California, Florida and the USA -- 4. Family Settlement and Technological Change in Labour-intensive US Agriculture -- Section II. Hired Farm Labour, Employers and Community Response -- 5. Demographics, Income and Choices: Seasonal Farm Workers in Southwest Florida -- 6. Management of Hispanic Employees on New York Dairy Farms: a Survey of Farm Managers -- 7. The Dynamics of the Washington Farm Labour Market -- 8.The Economic Impact of Migrant Farm Workers on Southeastern Michigan -- 9. Community Response to the Introduction of Hispanic Migrant Agricultural Workers into Central Kentucky -- 10. Does Experience as a US Farm Worker Provide Returns in the Mexican Labour Market? -- 11. Income Distribution and Farm Labour Markets -- 12. Rural Deprivation and Farm Worker Deprivation: Who's at the `Sharp End' of Rural Inequalities in Australia? -- 13. The Role of the State in Manitoba Farm Labour Force Formation -- 14. Cycles of Deepening Poverty in Rural California: the San Joaquin Valley Towns of McFarland and Farmersville -- Section III. Farm Worker Health and Safety -- 15. Safety and Health Attitudes and Practices in Migrant Farm Labour Families -- 16. Hired Farm Labour and Health Insurance Coverage -- 17. Seasonal Migration: Farm Workers in the Alaska Fishing and Seafood Industry and the Impact on Health Care Systems in Communities Where They Work -- Section IV. Data Comparisons -- 18. A Comparison of Data Sources for Hired Farm Labour Research: the NAWS and the CPS -- Index.

Hired seasonal labour forms a significant part of the agricultural workforce in many countries. This book focuses on labour used in agriculture in the US, Canada and Australia. The perpective is interdisciplinary, with contributions from economists, sociologists and anthropologists.

ISBN: 9781845933371Subjects--Topical Terms:

1292539
Agricultural laborers.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD1521 .D95 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 331.763

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