{"product_id":"colonial-migrants-at-the-heart-of-empire-9780520325784","title":"Colonial Migrants at the Heart of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"A comprehensive study.\" * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART ONE\u003cbr\u003e THE FORMATION OF THE AGRARIAN LABOR REGIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 • The Making of Colonial Migrant Farmworkers\u003cbr\u003e 2 • Establishing the Farm Labor Program\u003cbr\u003e 3 • Implementing Contract Migration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART TWO\u003cbr\u003e MANAGING HOPE, DESPAIR, AND DISSENT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4 • Pa’lla Afuera and the Life Experiences of Migrants\u003cbr\u003e 5 • Labor Camps as Prisons in the Fields\u003cbr\u003e 6 • Puerto Ricans in the Rural United States\u003cbr\u003e 7 • Labor Organizing and the End of an Era\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402928202071,"sku":"9780520325784","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/colonial-migrants-at-the-heart-of-empire-9780520325784","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}