
NO MAN'S LAND |
Subtitle:
Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor
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Book Category:
History > General
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Author:
Cindy Hahamovitch
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9780691102689
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Price:
USD 35.00
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Publication Year:
2011
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Alternative Binding:
Ebook
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Alternative ISBN 13:
9781400840021
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Alternative Price:
USD 35.00
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Publisher Info
Princeton University Press. InquiryBook 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.
Book Review and Awards
Choice OAT, Winner, 2012 Merle Curti Award, Winner, 2012 Philip Taft Labor History Award, Winner, 2012 James A Rawley Prize