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NO MAN'S LAND
NO MAN'S LAND
Subtitle:
Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor
Book Category:
History > General
Author:
Cindy Hahamovitch
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691102689
Price:
USD 35.00
Publication Year:
2011
Alternative Binding:
Ebook
Alternative ISBN 13:
9781400840021
Alternative Price:
USD 35.00

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Princeton University Press.

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Book Description

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.

 

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Choice OAT, Winner, 2012 Merle Curti Award, Winner, 2012 Philip Taft Labor History Award, Winner, 2012 James A Rawley Prize