Veronica Martinez-Matsuda, "Migrant Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Reform in the U.S. Farm Labor Camp Program" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2020)
Ver\xf3nica Mart\xednez-Matsuda about her book Migrant Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Reform in the U.S. Farm Labor Camp Program (University of Pennsylvania Press).\nMigrant Citizenship exams the Farm Security Administration\u2019s Migratory Labor Camp Program, and its role in the daily lives of a diverse number of farmworker families. Mart\xednez-Matsuda thoroughly investigates the way public policy was used to intervene in the lives of migrant workers, and how these workers sought to transform their own lives and the country around them through appealing to American democratic principles and forming movements to pursue social justice and civil rights.\nMart\xednez-Matsuda\u2019s study showcase the many ways that the FAS\u2019s history, and these migrant workers, is integral to understanding both historical and modern struggles in farm labor relations.\nVer\xf3nica Mart\xednez-Matsuda is an Associate Professor at Cornell University\u2019s ILR School.\nDerek Litvak\xa0is a Ph.D. student in the department of history at the University of Maryland.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law