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Migrant worker

Chapter 3: Migration Vocabulary

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Remittances Money migrants send back, money migrant send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries. Cyclic Movements Movement that has a closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally. Activity Spaces The space within which daily activity occurs. Nomadism Movement among a definite set of places. Periodic Movements Movement that involves temporary, recurrent relocation Migrant Labor A common type of periodic movement involving millions of worker in the US and tens of millions of workers worldwide who cross international borders in search of employment and become immigrants, in many instances. Transhumance

Steinbeck

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Steinbeck uses this background information on California to show a social criticism, that history will always ending up repeating itself. At one point the land of California was stolen from Mexicans by the squatters but now wealthy landowners were being stolen from migrant farmers or ?Oakies?. This shows how nothing will change no matter how much times have changes or realities differentiate. The significance of Grandma?s funeral shows you how little the Joad?s or the ?Oakies? funds they could scoot by on. Not even the simplest of necessities could be met outside of food and water; this really highlights that desperation of the time period.

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