They leave their kidneys in the fields: illness, injury, and illegality among u.s. farmworkers
Auteur :
Horton, Sarah Bronwen
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520283268
Date de publication :
19 juil. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
544 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.