Migrant agricultural workers and processes of social inclusion in rural Canada: Encuentros and desencuentros

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 57-58, 2004, Pages 203-239

  Preibisch, Kerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 5544244140     PISSN: 08263663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08263663.2004.10816857     Document Type: Article

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