[PDF.92lb] No Man’s Land: Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor (Politics and Society in Modern America)

From South Africa in the nineteenth century to Hong Kong today, nations around the world, including the United States, have turned to guestworker programs to manage migration. These temporary labor recruitment systems represented a state-brokered compromise between employers who wanted foreign workers and those who feared rising numbers of immigrants. Unlike immigrants, guestworkers couldn't settle, bring their families, or become citizens, and they had few rights. In...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.No Man’s Land: Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor (Politics and Society in Modern America)   |  Cindy Hahamovitch.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.