Tortillas and tomatoes : transmigrant Mexican harvesters in Canada /
"In Tortillas and Tomatoes Tanya Basok exposes the mechanisms that make Mexican seasonal workers unfree. She shows that workers are unable to refuse employer demands for their labour because of economic need and the rigid control exercised by the Mexican Ministry of Labour and Social Planning a...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal, Que. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2002
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| Series: | McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "In Tortillas and Tomatoes Tanya Basok exposes the mechanisms that make Mexican seasonal workers unfree. She shows that workers are unable to refuse employer demands for their labour because of economic need and the rigid control exercised by the Mexican Ministry of Labour and Social Planning as well as the paternalistic relationship between the Mexican harvesters and their Canadian employers."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | ıNcludes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 168 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164). |
| ISBN: | 9780773570047 0773570047 1282860305 9781282860308 9786612860300 6612860308 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
