Racial triangulation of Latino/a workers by agricultural employers

Human Organization

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-361

  Maldonado, Marta María ^a,b  

^a US Latino/a Studies ^*  (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural work; Civic ostracism; Latino a labor; Racial triangulation; Racialization; Relative valorization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CULTURAL IDENTITY; FRUIT PRODUCTION; LABOR DIVISION; LATINO PEOPLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846850279     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.65.4.a84b5xykr0dvp91l     Document Type: Article

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