Strong-Arming Exploitable Labor: The State and Immigrant Workers in the Post-Katrina Gulf Coast

A study examined the shift in the poor and working class demographic in the southern U.S. from a primarily African-American-based workforce to a sizable population of Latino/a immigrants, particularly in light of the reconstruction of the region following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Data were obtaine...

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1. VerfasserIn: Redwood, Loren K. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2008
In: Social justice
Jahr: 2008, Band: 35, Heft: 4, Seiten: 33-50
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Schlagwörter:
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
Southern States > Race relations
Construction industry employees
Demographic change
Labor laws
Government Policy
Foreign workers
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Latin American foreign workers
Labor
Economics
Exploitation
Employment
Latin Americans
Race relations in the United States
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Reconstruction
Foreign workers > United States
Hurricane Rita, 2005
Building repair