Latino/ Hispanic Farmworkers and Farm Work in the Eastern United States: the Context for Health, Safety and Justice
Author: Arcury, T.A.; Marin, A.J.
Date Published: 2009
The context in which farmworkers in the eastern United States (US) labor and live affects their health and safety, and the process of achieving justice. This context includes geographic, agricultural, demographic, cultural, and political dimensions, with each of these dimensions experiencing considerable change in the past 50 years. This chapter provides an overview of the context for farmworkers in the eastern US, and defines who is a farmworker for this volume. Link: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-88347-2_2
Date Published: 2009
The context in which farmworkers in the eastern United States (US) labor and live affects their health and safety, and the process of achieving justice. This context includes geographic, agricultural, demographic, cultural, and political dimensions, with each of these dimensions experiencing considerable change in the past 50 years. This chapter provides an overview of the context for farmworkers in the eastern US, and defines who is a farmworker for this volume. Link: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-88347-2_2
