The New Rural Poverty

by Michael Fix, J. Edward Taylor, Philip L. Martin

Immigration is changing the face of rural America, from Florida to Washington and from Maine to California. Migrants arrive, many from Mexico, to fill jobs on farms and in farm-related industries, usually at earnings below the poverty. Leaders of rural industries are adamant that a steady influx of foreign workers is necessary for economic survival. But the integration of these newcomers is uneven: many immigrants achieve some measure of the American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877667292
• ISBN13: 9780877667292
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 1 Pages