UCSB Anthropology Faculty--Palerm

Juan-Vicente Palerm

There are two research foci to Palerm's current research:

1. Agribusiness and the formation of Chicano/Mexican enclaves in rural California, 1960-present. This is a study about the intensification of farming and the expansion of agricultural labor markets, immigration and rural poverty.
2. A binational system of agricultural production: the case of California agribusiness and the Mexican Bajio, 1936-present. This research is on the internationalization of agricultural labor markets, peasant household economies, sojourn migrant workers and capitalist agriculture.

Both programs offer graduate students the opportunity to pursue doctoral research and/or to receive field research training in California and Mexico.

"Continuity and Change in Latin American Immigration" and "Latino Settlements in California." The Challenge: Latinos in a Changing California. University of California, Riverside, 1989.
Farm Labor Needs and Farm Workers in California, 1970 to 1989. California Agricultural Studies 91-92, Employment Development Department, Sacramento, 1991.
"A Binational System of Agricultural Production: The Case of the Mexican Bajio and California." Mexico and the United States: Neighbors in Crisis," edited by Daniel G. Aldrich and Lorenzo Meyer. San Bernadino: Borgo Press, 1992.

Upper Division Courses
- 141. Agriculture and Society in Mexico: Past and Present
Graduate Courses
- 225. Peasants and Industrialization: "Traditional" Rural Societies

Updated December 22, 1997