Interrogating racialized global labour supply: An exploration of the racial/national replacement of foreign agricultural workers in Canada

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-36

  Preibisch, Kerry ^a   Binford, Leigh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

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EID: 34248587518     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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