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The Chicken Trail : Following Workers, Migrants, and Corporations Across the Americas.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801468056
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Chicken TrailDDC classification:
  • 338.1/76500973
LOC classification:
  • HD9437.U62
Online resources:
Contents:
The Chicken Trail -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Why Follow Chickens? -- 2. Ethnic Succession in the South -- 3. Where Have All the Workers Gone? -- 4. Taylorism Invades the Hen House -- 5. Solving Industry Crises: Pollos Y Polleros -- 6. Squeezing Out Mexican Chicken -- 7. Voice: Squawking At Globalization -- 8. Exit Mexico: "Si Muero Lejos De Ti" -- 9. The Global Dilemma: Summary and Reflections -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: The Chicken Trail examines the impact of globalization--and of NAFTA in particular--on the North American poultry industry, focusing on the displacement of African American workers in the southeast United States and workers in Mexico.
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The Chicken Trail -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Why Follow Chickens? -- 2. Ethnic Succession in the South -- 3. Where Have All the Workers Gone? -- 4. Taylorism Invades the Hen House -- 5. Solving Industry Crises: Pollos Y Polleros -- 6. Squeezing Out Mexican Chicken -- 7. Voice: Squawking At Globalization -- 8. Exit Mexico: "Si Muero Lejos De Ti" -- 9. The Global Dilemma: Summary and Reflections -- Notes -- References -- Index.

The Chicken Trail examines the impact of globalization--and of NAFTA in particular--on the North American poultry industry, focusing on the displacement of African American workers in the southeast United States and workers in Mexico.

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