Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book is extraordinary in that it develops in a well-structured and flowing narrative a rich map across decades, institutions, and states, and suggests a framework for further study. . . . The balance that the book strikes in its coverage of complex and dense materials is impressive. It should be at the top of the reading list of any scholar working on Puerto Rican studies; with other recent contributions, it is the latest contribution of a wave of historically framed and researched studies that will reimagine our understanding of the Puerto Rican experience."
* CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies *
"A comprehensive study." * American Ethnologist *
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
PART ONE
THE FORMATION OF THE AGRARIAN LABOR REGIMES
1 • The Making of Colonial Migrant Farmworkers
2 • Establishing the Farm Labor Program
3 • Implementing Contract Migration
PART TWO
MANAGING HOPE, DESPAIR, AND DISSENT
4 • Pa’lla Afuera and the Life Experiences of Migrants
5 • Labor Camps as Prisons in the Fields
6 • Puerto Ricans in the Rural United States
7 • Labor Organizing and the End of an Era
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
