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Anthropologist’s new book explores U.S. demand for fresh produce year-round, impact on Mexican farmworkers

Tue, Jun 16, 2015 15:50 CET

Residency, work and identityA new book by a University of Texas at Arlington anthropologist examines the perennial demand for fresh produce in the United States and the effect of a robust agro-export business on workers in Mexico. Christian Zlolniski, an associate professor of sociology and anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts, said De Jornaleros a Colonos: Residencia, Trabajo e Identidad en el Valle de San Quintin, or translated into English: From Migrant Farmworkers to Settlers: Residency, Work and Identity in the San Quintin Valley, sheds light on how transnational

New UT Arlington exhibit offers gripping look at ‘Life and Death in The Northern Pass’

Fri, Aug 12, 2011 23:32 CET

“There are two ways of thinking about living here; either you go on every day and when it’s your turn to die you die, or you live every day in fear.” -- Daniel Gonzalez, 26, former Ciudad Juárez resident Daniel Gonzalez echoes the sentiments of thousands of others living in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, arguably the most violent city in the world. Historically known as El Paso del Norte or The Northern Pass, the city of 1.5 million saw more than 3,000 murders in 2010 — more than were killed in the entire country of Afghanistan during the same year, according to the U.S. and Mexican

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Anthropologist’s new book explores U.S. demand for fresh produce year-round, impact on Mexican farmworkers

New UT Arlington exhibit offers gripping look at ‘Life and Death in The Northern Pass’

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