annotated bibliographie

Shipler, David K. The Working Poor: Invisible in America. Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. New York, 2004.

Shipler introduces the hard complications of the working poor in his book “The Working Poor”. He goes to the extent of evaluating the critical reasons as to why the working poor are truly poor. Shipler talks about the endless loopholes that the poor get into and can't get out of, and he also goes into detail about the poor trying to keep as much pride and dignity as possible, considering their struggles. All of this can be directly translated to ranch workers because they too are struggling and having to jump through loopholes to get by in America.

Ise, Sabrina, and Jeffrey M. Perloff. Legal Status and Earnings of Agricultural Workers. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 2nd ed. Vol. 77. Oxford UP. Jstor. May 1995. Web. Nov. 2010. .

Many times, ranch workers are illegal migrant workers however this article found that even legal migrant workers often are being treated unfairly and not being paid fair wages. It argues that legal workers and illegal workers receive comparable treatment and wages, both being well below the legal minimums. I will use this article to compare the legal workers and illegal migrant workers on farms and ranches.

Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Boston: Houghton, 2001

Like Nickeled and dimed, Fast Food Nation does not talk about retail but goes in depth about the many risks that low wage workers take on a daily basis. These risks are similar but different to those which a retail worker takes, but the same consequences apply psychologically. This book may not apply to the ranch hands work directly, but they are still struggling with getting by just as the workers in fast food resturants are. Also, ranch hands are subject to deal with the fast food workers because it is an easy meal option for them.

“ The Real Life Of A Ranch Hands Wife”

This blog provides the insite and view of a ranch hands wife. It was helpful for getting the prespective of a ranch hand family and the struggles that come with being a ranch hand and how those effect the family life. This blog covers the day to day issues that being a ranch hands brings up, and how ranch hands handle the uncertainties that life throws their way. I will use this blog entry when discussing the hardships, as well as rewards that being a full time ranch hand brings.

HowStuffWorks "What You Need to Know to Be a Ranch Hand"" HowStuffWorks "Adventure" Web. 8 Nov. 2011. .

This website provides information on what one needs to be a ranch hand, as well as insight on the life of a ranch hand. They discuss the many skills ranch hands must have and talk about the fact that no matter what ranch hands must work every day because ranches never stop operating. This website also takes the reader into the life of an average ranch hand and gives another point of view to the situation.

"Farm and Ranch Workers." ISEEK | Minnesota's Career, Education, and Job Resource. Web. 10 Nov. 2011. .

This website was a job-finding website that places job hunters with jobs, specifically ranch and farm based jobs. Now, this jobsite is fairly straight forward, but it goes in depth on the amount of money ranch and farm hands make and what exactly they are doing to make that money. It also gives a detailed descriptions on how the ranches and farms are run.