Description
Book Synopsis International migration between countries in Latin America became increasingly important during the twentieth century, but for a long time it was the subject of only limited research. Scott Whiteford sets the Argentina-Bolivia experience in historical perspective by examining the macrolevel factors that influenced social change in both countries and brought streams of migration into Argentina. Seasonal labor, the expansion of capitalist agriculture, international migration, and urbanization are central topics in this in-depth study of Bolivian migrants in Northwest Argentina.
Whiteford’s vivid portrayal of the lives and working conditions of the migrants is based on two years of research during which he lived with the workers on a sugar plantation and, after the harvest, accompanied them to other farms and to the city of Salta in their search for more work. He traces the development of plantation agriculture in Northwest Argentina and the processes by which the planta
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Historical Context of Bolivian Migration to Argentina
- 3. Sugar Production and Seasonal Labor: Labor-Control Mechanisms
- 4. Recruiters, Canecutters, and the Work Camp
- 5. Working in the Fields, the Union, and Postharvest Planning
- 6. The Multiple Faces of the Labor Reserve
- 7. Urbanization and Seasonal Migration
- 8. The Search for Security
- 9. Different Perspectives of the City
- 10. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
