American Guestworkers
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The H-2 program, originally based in Florida, is the longest-running labor-importation program in the country. Over the course of a quarter-century of research, Griffith studied rural labor processes and their national and international effects. In this book, he examines the socioeconomic effects of the H-2 program on both the areas where the laborers work and the areas they are from, and, taking a uniquely humanitarian stance, he considers the effects of the program on the laborers themselves.About the Author:David Griffith is Professor of Anthropology at East Carolina University
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I Out of FloridaIntroduction: In the State with the Prettiest Name 31 Alleged Shortages at Home, Certain Surpluses Abroad: North American Temporary Worker Programs 292 Occupations Abandoned, Workers Displaced: Seasonal Labor Before and After H-2 45Part II Jamaican Experiences, 1981-20013 From Beauty to Truth 794 Aspects of the Machete 1015 Guests as Hosts: Jamaicans in the Tourist Industry 123Part III Mexican Experiences, 1988-20036 When Owls Die, Ellos Nos Hierieron 1537 Bodies on Hold: Gender and H-2 179Conclusion: Lasting Firsts 199References 219Index 231
