Description
They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields takes the reader on an ethnographic tour of the melon and corn harvesting fields of California's Central Valley to understand why farmworkers suffer heatstroke and chronic illness at rates higher than workers in any other industry. Through captivating accounts of the daily lives of a core group of farmworkers over nearly a decade, Sarah Bronwen Horton documents in startling detail how a tightly interwoven web of public policies and private interests creates exceptional and needless suffering.
Author: Sarah Bronwen Horton
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 07/19/2016
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780520283275
ISBN10: 0520283279
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety
Author: Sarah Bronwen Horton
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 07/19/2016
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780520283275
ISBN10: 0520283279
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Technology & Engineering | Industrial Health & Safety
About the Author
Sarah Bronwen Horton is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Denver. To learn more about Sarah, please visit http: //www.sarahbhorton.com/.