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27%OFFSarah Bronwen Horton - They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields: Illness, Injury, and Illegality among U.S. Farmworkers - 9780520283275 - V9780520283275
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They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields: Illness, Injury, and Illegality among U.S. Farmworkers

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Description for They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields: Illness, Injury, and Illegality among U.S. Farmworkers Paperback. Takes the reader on a tour of the melon and corn harvesting fields of California's Central Valley to understand why farmworkers suffer heatstroke and chronic illness at rates higher than workers in any other industry. The author documents in detail how a tightly interwoven web of public policies and private interests create needless suffering. Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JHBL; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields takes the reader on an ethnographic tour of the melon and corn harvesting fields of California's Central Valley to understand why farmworkers suffer heatstroke and chronic illness at rates higher than workers in any other industry. Through captivating accounts of the daily lives of a core group of farmworkers over nearly a decade, Sarah Bronwen Horton documents in startling detail how a tightly interwoven web of public policies and private interests creates exceptional and needless suffering.

Product Details

Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
California Series in Public Anthropology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520283275
SKU
V9780520283275
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About Sarah Bronwen Horton
Sarah Bronwen Horton is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Denver. To learn more about Sarah, please visit http://www.sarahbhorton.com/.

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Captivating... Horton's book comes at a critical moment to enter into discussions about undocumented migration in the US. It represents a substantial contribution to exposing the hidden reality of migrant farmworkers' stressful lives, and also highlights potential areas of policy and law reform. Her in-depth analysis of the legal, historical, and cultural causes of migrant exploitation makes her work a ... Read more

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