Poverty, Housing, and the Rural Slum: Policies and the Production of Inequities, Past and Present

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Discusses the history of rural, low-income housing in California's San Joaquin Valley and the role of labor, housing, and public health policies within these communities. Details the historical challenges facing immigrant farmworkers and the contributing factors that enabled the creation of rural slums in that area.

Sarah M. Ramirez, Don Villarejo

American Journal of Public Health, 102(9), 1664-1675

09/2012

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Farmers and farmworkers · Housing and homelessness · Immigrants · Legislation and regulations · Migrants · Population health · Poverty · Public health · California