The New Rural Poverty
Author: Martin, Phillip
Date Published: 2006
This book focuses on immigration from Mexico and Latin Amercia and its impact on the face of agricultural areas of The United States, bringing newcomers to the fields of California's San Joaquin Valley and the meatpacking plans in the Midwest. The New Rural Poverty explains how the expansion of agriculture attracts immigrants and how the availability of immigrants ease the fears of farmers and food processors about worker availability. But the status quo could produce an immigration treadmill that simply transfers poor rural Mexicans to rural America. The New Rural Poverty helps rural communties and policymakers understand the issues they must address.
Date Published: 2006
This book focuses on immigration from Mexico and Latin Amercia and its impact on the face of agricultural areas of The United States, bringing newcomers to the fields of California's San Joaquin Valley and the meatpacking plans in the Midwest. The New Rural Poverty explains how the expansion of agriculture attracts immigrants and how the availability of immigrants ease the fears of farmers and food processors about worker availability. But the status quo could produce an immigration treadmill that simply transfers poor rural Mexicans to rural America. The New Rural Poverty helps rural communties and policymakers understand the issues they must address.
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