Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE. The Formation of Agrarian Labor Regimes
8. 1. The Making of Colonial Migrant Farmworkers 21
9. 2. Establishing the Farm Labor Program 48
10. 3. Implementing Contract Migration 71
11. PART TWO. Managing Hope, Despair, and Dissent
12. 4. Pa’lla Afuera and the Life Experiences of Migrants 105
13. 5. Labor Camps as Prisons in the Fields 131
14. 6. Puerto Ricans in the Rural United States 163
15. 7. Labor Organizing and the End of an Era 189
16. Epilogue 222
17. Notes 231
18. References 237
19. Index 285