Engendering labour migration: The case of foreign workers in canadian agriculture

Women, Migration and Citizenship: Making Local, National and Transnational Connections

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 108-130

  Preibisch, Kerry ^a   Santamaría, Luz María Hermoso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

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EID: 85083247429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315546575-12     Document Type: Chapter

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