The Farmworkers' Journey

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xxi The Farmworkers' Journey 1(10) Mexico's Historical Farming Practices 11(17) Aspects of Mexico's Agricultural Political Economy 28(15) Migration Northward to Central California 43(21) Immigration Experiences 64(24) California's Corporate Agribusiness 88(19) Farmworkers in Central California's Corporate Agribusiness 107(19) An Impoverished, Endangered, and Overworked People in the Land of Plenty 126(20) Farmworker Household Survival in Central California 146(20) Meanwhile, Back on the Farm 166(23) Transnational Corporations and the U.S. Legacy in West-Central Mexico 189(26) Endangered Mexican Farmers 215(25) Institutional Oppression in the West-Central Mexico Countryside 240(17) Toward an Enlightened Perception of California's Mexican Agricultural Immigrants 257(15) Epilogue 272(7) Appendix A: Agrochemical Inventories and Classifications 279(6) Appendix B: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 285(8) References 293(32) Index 325