Title: El mal necesario
Description: Study of situation of Mexico's migrant field workers, illuminating both conditions of their daily lives and economic and social forces that influence these conditions. Finds that recurring economic crisis--particularly devastating in agricultural sector--intensifies pace of migration in export-oriented regions and causes proliferation of precarious jobs and substandard living conditions among these mobile communities. Edition limited to 500 copies.
Subjects: Sales tax, History, Municipal revenue, Agricultural laborers, Day laborers, Service industries, International trade, Technological innovations, Industries, Economic conditions, Economic history
Places: Mexico
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century