Book
Fishers at work, workers at sea: a Puerto Rican journey through labor and refuge
Temple University Press • Philadelphia • Published In 2002 • Pages:
By: Griffith, David Craig, Valdés Pizzini, Manuel.
Abstract
This work is an investigative study of wage-labor activities among small-scale fishers in Puerto Rico. The document attempts to clarify the manner in which the incorporation of independent producers (the fishers) into labor and commodity markets affects their economic activities and their sense of self. Issues given special attention in this study are: resource exploitation and marine ecosystems; the allocation of household tasks among fisher families; relations among households; political activity; investment; and the fishers' own conceptions of the relationship between fishing, work, and labor. The authors' methodology included life histories, observation, structured tasks, and secondary source material.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2012
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Caribbean
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle; 1993, 2011
- Field Date
- 1985-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1898-1996
- Coverage Place
- Puerto Rico
- Notes
- David Griffith and Manuel Valdés Pizzini
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-261) and index
- LCCN
- 2001027640
- LCSH
- Fishers--Puerto Rico
- Fishers--Puerto Rico--Interviews
- Fisheries--Puerto Rico
- Wages--Fishers--Puerto Rico
- Household surveys--Puerto Rico
- Puerto Ricans--Florida
- Puerto Ricans--New York (State)--New York
- Migrant labor--Puerto Rico
- Migrant labor--United States