The dynamics of hired farm labour : constraints and community responses /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Findeis, Jill Leslie (Editor), Larson, Janelle M. (Editor), Runyan, Jack L. (Editor), Vandeman, Ann M. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
Subjects:	Agricultural laborers > Australia. Agricultural laborers > Canada. Agricultural laborers > United States. Migrant agricultural laborers > Australia. Migrant agricultural laborers > Canada. Migrant agricultural laborers > United States. Agricultural Economics. Community Participation and Development, (New March 2000) Labour and Employment. Occupational Health and Safety. Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000) Agricultural manpower. Agricultural production. Community involvement. Constraints. Employment. Farm workers. Hired labour. Sociology of work. Trends. Working conditions. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Hired farm labour adjustments and constraints / Jill L. Findeis
Examining farm worker images / Susan Gabbard, Alicia Fernandez-Mott and Daniel Carroll
Changes in the labour intensity of agriculture : a comparison of California, Florida, and the USA / Wallace E. Huffman
Family settlement and technological change in labour-intensive US agriculture / Richard Mines
Demographics, income and choices : seasonal farm workers in southwest Florida / Fritz Roka and Robert D. Emerson
Management of Hispanic employees on New York dairy farms : a survey of farm managers / Thomas R. Maloney
The dynamics of the Washington farm labour market / Dawn Thilmany and Michael D. Miller
The economic impact of migrant farm workers on southeastern Michigan / Rene P. Rosenbaum
Community response to the introduction of Hispanic migrant agricultural workers into central Kentucky / Beckie Mullin Denton
Does experience as a US farm worker provide returns in the Mexican labour market? / Steven S. Zahniser and Michael J. Greenwood
Income distribution and farm labour markets / Robert D. Emerson and Fritz Roka
Rural deprivation and farm worker deprivation : who's at the 'sharp end' of rural inequalities in Australia? / Jim McAllister
The role of the state in Manitoba farm labour force formation / Avis Mysyk
Cycles of deepening poverty in rural California : the San Joaquin Valley towns of McFarland and Farmersville / Fred Krissman
Safety and health attitudes and practices in migrant farm labour families / Robert C. Seiz and Eleanor Pepi Downey
Hired farm labour and health insurance coverage / Paul E. McNamara and Christine K. Ranney
Seasonal migration : farm workers in the Alaska fishing and seafood industry and the impact on health care systems in communities where they work / Patricia Hennessy
A comparison of data sources for hired farm labor research : the NAWS and the CPS /Janelle M. Larson, Jill L. Findeis, Hema Swaminathan and Qiuyan Wang.