Wyoming: Quechua Sheepherders On The Mountain Plains Of Wyoming: The (In)hospitality Of U.S. ...

Wyoming: Quechua Sheepherders On The Mountain Plains Of Wyoming: The (In)hospitality Of U.S. Guest Worker Programs Alison Krogel, 2010   This article describes the historical and socioeconomic contexts of U.S. migrant labor programs and Peruvian (im)migration patterns, which have contributed to the widespread employment of Quechua sheepherders on U.S. pastures. Herder “guests” employed by “host” ranchers face a dangerous power imbalance: their legal status as temporary workers depends on...

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