Acknowledgments

Foreword

1 Immigration and the Re-creation of Rural Poverty

PART I IMMIGRATION PATTERNS AND IMMIGRANT POLICIES

2 The Endless Quest: A Historical View of Farms, Farm Workers, and Government

3 Farm Employment, Immigration, Poverty, and Welfare in Rural California Town

PART II COMMUNITY STUDIES

4 Immigration and the Changing Communities of Rural California; A Qualitative View

References

Index

TABLES

3.1 Variable Definitions and Summary statistics

3.2 Results of 3SLS Regression for Poverty, Immigration, Income, and Welfare in Rural Towns

5.1 Federal Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Program

5.2 Spending on Federal Migrant Programs

FIGURES

2.1 Ratio of Farm to Nonfarm Hourly Earning: 1962-1995

2.2 Farm Worker Migration to California from Six-State Sending Region in Mexico

2.3 "Stepping Stone" Migration to California from Southern Mexico

3.1 Farm Employment-Immigration-Poverty-Welfare Link in Rural Towns

4.1 Map of California Showing Seven Case-Study Communities

About the Authors