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Peer reviewedJenkins, J. Craig – International Migration Review, 1978
This article analyzes the two perspectives, social control and labor scarcity. Immigrant workers are argued to be tied to social control functions in the peripheral sectors of the United States economy. The historical experience of farm workers in southwestern agriculture is drawn upon to illustrate the argument. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Braceros, Economic Factors, Economic Opportunities, Historiography
